## Optimal output-sensitive convex hull algorithms in two and three dimensions.(English)Zbl 0857.68111

Summary: We present simple output-sensitive algorithms that construct the convex hull of a set of $$n$$ points in two or three dimensions in worst-case optimal $$O(n \log h)$$ time and $$O(n)$$ space, where $$h$$ denotes the number of vertices of the convex hull.

### MSC:

 68U05 Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects) 68W10 Parallel algorithms in computer science

### Keywords:

output-sensitive algorithms
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