""" The algorithm finds distance btw closest pair of points in the given n points. Approach used -> Divide and conquer The points are sorted based on Xco-ords & by applying divide and conquer approach, minimum distance is obtained recursively. >> closest points lie on different sides of partition This case handled by forming a strip of points whose Xco-ords distance is less than closest_pair_dis from mid-point's Xco-ords. Closest pair distance is found in the strip of points. (closest_in_strip) min(closest_pair_dis, closest_in_strip) would be the final answer. Time complexity: O(n * (logn)^2) """ import math def euclidean_distance_sqr(point1, point2): return pow(point1[0] - point2[0], 2) + pow(point1[1] - point2[1], 2) def column_based_sort(array, column = 0): return sorted(array, key = lambda x: x[column]) def dis_between_closest_pair(points, points_counts, min_dis = float("inf")): """ brute force approach to find distance between closest pair points Parameters : points, points_count, min_dis (list(tuple(int, int)), int, int) Returns : min_dis (float): distance between closest pair of points """ for i in range(points_counts - 1): for j in range(i+1, points_counts): current_dis = euclidean_distance_sqr(points[i], points[j]) if current_dis < min_dis: min_dis = current_dis return min_dis def dis_between_closest_in_strip(points, points_counts, min_dis = float("inf")): """ closest pair of points in strip Parameters : points, points_count, min_dis (list(tuple(int, int)), int, int) Returns : min_dis (float): distance btw closest pair of points in the strip (< min_dis) """ for i in range(min(6, points_counts - 1), points_counts): for j in range(max(0, i-6), i): current_dis = euclidean_distance_sqr(points[i], points[j]) if current_dis < min_dis: min_dis = current_dis return min_dis def closest_pair_of_points_sqr(points, points_counts): """ divide and conquer approach Parameters : points, points_count (list(tuple(int, int)), int) Returns : (float): distance btw closest pair of points """ # base case if points_counts <= 3: return dis_between_closest_pair(points, points_counts) # recursion mid = points_counts//2 closest_in_left = closest_pair_of_points(points[:mid], mid) closest_in_right = closest_pair_of_points(points[mid:], points_counts - mid) closest_pair_dis = min(closest_in_left, closest_in_right) """ cross_strip contains the points, whose Xcoords are at a distance(< closest_pair_dis) from mid's Xcoord """ cross_strip = [] for point in points: if abs(point[0] - points[mid][0]) < closest_pair_dis: cross_strip.append(point) cross_strip = column_based_sort(cross_strip, 1) closest_in_strip = dis_between_closest_in_strip(cross_strip, len(cross_strip), closest_pair_dis) return min(closest_pair_dis, closest_in_strip) def closest_pair_of_points(points, points_counts): return math.sqrt(closest_pair_of_points_sqr(points, points_counts)) points = [(2, 3), (12, 30), (40, 50), (5, 1), (12, 10), (0, 2), (5, 6), (1, 2)] points = column_based_sort(points) print("Distance:", closest_pair_of_points(points, len(points)))