Distance geometry on the sphere

Leo Liberti, Grzegorz Swirszcz, Carlile Lavor

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Abstract

The Distance Geometry Problem asks whether a given weighted graph has a realization in a target Euclidean space ℝK which ensures that the Euclidean distance between two realized vertices incident to a same edge is equal to the given edge weight. In this paper we look at the setting where the target space is the surface of the sphere SK−1. We show that the Distance Geometry Problem is almost the same in this setting, as long as the distances are Euclidean. We then generalize a theorem of Gödel about the case where the distances are spherical geodesics, and discuss a method for realizing cliques geodesically on a K-dimensional sphere.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDiscrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs - 18th Japan Conference, JCDCGG 2015, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsToshinori Sakai, Hiro Ito, Jin Akiyama
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages204-215
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783319485317
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016
Event18th Japan Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs, JCDCGG 2015 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 14 Sept 201516 Sept 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9943 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference18th Japan Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs, JCDCGG 2015
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period14/09/1516/09/15

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