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- {\magonebf 6.6 Planar Subdivisions (subdivision)}
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- \decl subdivision I
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- {\bf 1. Definition}
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- An instance $S$ of the parameterized data type \name\ is a
- subdivision of the two-dimensional plane, i.e., an embedded planar graph
- with straight line edges (see also sections 5.3 and 5.6). With each node
- $v$ of $S$ is associated a point, called the position of $v$ and with each
- face of $S$ is associated an information from data type $I$, called the
- information type of $S$.
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- {\bf 2. Creation}
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- \create S (GRAPH\<point,I\>\ G)
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- creates an instance \var\ of type \name\ and initializes it to
- the subdivision represented by the parameterized directed graph $G$.
- The node entries of $G$ (of type point) define the positions of the
- corresponding nodes of \var. Every face $f$ of \var\ is assigned the
- information of one of its bounding edges in $G$. \precond $G$ represents
- a planar subdivision, i.e., a straight line embedded planar map.
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-
- \bigskip
- {\bf 2. Operations}
- \medskip
- \+\op point position {node\ v}
- { returns the position of node $v$.}
- \smallskip
- \+\op ftype inf {face\ f}
- { returns the information of face $f$.}
- \smallskip
- \+\op face locate\_point {point\ p}
- { returns the face containing point $p$.}
- \smallskip
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-
- \bigskip
- {\bf 3. Implementation}
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- Planar subdivisions are implemented by parameterized planar maps and an
- additional data structure for point location based on persistent search trees
- ([DSST89]). Operations position and inf take constant time, a locate\_point
- operation takes time $O(\log^2 n)$. Here $n$ is the number of nodes.
- The space requiremnt and the initialization time is $O(n^2)$.
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