slope selection

(classic problem)

Definition: Given a set of points in a plane and an integer k ≤ ( n OVER 2 ), find the line between pairs of points which has the k^th smallest slope.

Note: Adapted from [AS98, page 416].

Author: PEB

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Paul E. Black, "slope selection", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/slopeselectn.html