Largest empty sphere
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The dashed circle is the outline of the largest empty sphere in the close-packing of spheres. See also Interstitial defect.
In computational geometry, the largest empty sphere problem is the problem of finding a hypersphere of largest radius in d-dimensional space whose interior does not overlap with any given obstacles.
Two dimensions
The largest empty circle problem is the problem of finding a circle of largest radius in the plane whose interior does not overlap with any given obstacles.
A common special case is as follows. Given n points in the plane, find a largest circle centered within their convex hull and enclosing none of them. The problem may be solved using Voronoi diagrams in optimal time .[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ G. T. Toussaint, "Computing largest empty circles with location constraints," International Journal of Computer and Information Sciences, vol. 12, No. 5, October, 1983, pp. 347-358.
- ^ Megan Schuster, "The Largest Empty Circle Problem"