Largest empty sphere

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 ${\displaystyle \Theta (n\,\log \,n)}$.^[1][2]

See also

• Bounding sphere
• Farthest-first traversal
• Largest empty rectangle

References

This page was last edited on 19 April 2023, at 00:19