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== Parameters ==  
== Parameters ==  


<pre>n: number of horizontal line segments</pre>
n: number of horizontal line segments


== Table of Algorithms ==  
== Table of Algorithms ==  

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Description

Given a set $S$ of $n$ horizontal line segments in the plane and two particular horizontal segments $s_1$ and $s_2$, determine whether there are points on $s_1$ and $s_2$ that can see each other, that is, such that the open segment between the points does not intersect any segment in $S$.

Related Problems

Related: Visibility From Infinity, Visible Triangle

Parameters

n: number of horizontal line segments

Table of Algorithms

Currently no algorithms in our database for the given problem.

Reductions FROM Problem

Problem Implication Year Citation Reduction
GeomBase if: to-time $N^{2-\epsilon}$ for some $\epsilon > {0}$
then: from-time: $N^{2-\epsilon'}$ for some $\epsilon' > {0}$
1995 https://doi-org.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/10.1016/0925-7721(95)00022-2 link