On minimum spanning tree-like metric spaces

On the Structure of Metric-like Spaces

The main purpose of this paper is to introduce several concepts of the metric-like spaces. For instance, we define concepts such as equal-like points, cluster points and completely separate points. Furthermore, this paper is an attempt to present compatibility definitions for the distance between a point and a subset of a metric-like space and also for the distance between two subsets of a metr...

4 Minimum Spanning Tree

This first algorithm is quite simple. (Though this was probably known earlier, its proof can be found in Prof. Indyk’s 1999 paper “Sublinear Time Algorithms for Metric Space Problems”.) Let Dij denote the distance between a pair of points i and j, over m total points. The entries of Dij must satisfy the triangle inequality; additionally the matrix is symmetric. Note that the matrix size (i.e., ...

On the Minimum Label Spanning Tree Problem

On the Minimum Diameter Spanning Tree Problem

We point out a relation between the minimum diameter spanning tree of a graph and its absolute 1-center. We use this relation to solve the diameter problem and an extension of it eeciently.

On the Euclidean Minimum Spanning Tree Problem∗

Given a weighted graph G(V,E), a minimum spanning tree for G can be obtained in linear time using a randomized algorithm or nearly linear time using a deterministic algorithm. Given n points in the plane, we can construct a graph with these points as nodes and an edge between every pair of nodes. The weight on any edge is the Euclidean distance between the two points. Finding a minimum spanning...