geometric approximation algorithms 2 Quadtrees – Hierarchical Grids 3 Well Separated Pairs Decomposition 4 Clustering – Definitions and Basic Algorithms 5 On Complexity, Sampling, and epsilon-Nets and epsilon-Samples

Theorem 1.2.3 For set P of n points in the plane, one can compute the closest pair of P in expected linear time.

2 Quadtrees - Hierarchical Grids

3 Well Separated Pairs Decomposition

The Well-Separated Pair Decomposition and Its Applications

3.1.1 The construction algorithm

4 Clustering - Definitions and Basic Algorithms

4.2 On -center clustering

The -center clustering is NP-Hard.

A simple 2-approximation algorithm

4.3 On -median clustering

4.4 On -means clustering

5 On Complexity, Sampling, and -Nets and -Samples