VORONOI DIAGRAM — FORTUNE'S SWEEP LINE

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Voronoi diagram: partitions the plane into cells, each containing points closest to one site.

Fortune's algorithm (1987) runs in O(n log n) using a sweep line + beach line (union of parabolas). Events: site events (new parabola) and circle events (Voronoi vertex).

The Delaunay triangulation (dual graph) has the property that no site lies inside any circumcircle — maximizes minimum angle.

Click canvas to add sites.