TY - JOUR
T1 - Low distortion euclidean embeddings of trees
AU - Linial, Nathan
AU - Magen, Avner
AU - Saks, Michael E.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We consider the problem of embedding a certain finite metric space to the Euclidean space, trying to keep the bi-Lipschitz constant as small as possible. We introduce the notation c2(X, d) for the least distortion with which the metric space (X, d) may be embedded in a Euclidean space It is known that if (X, d) is a metric space with n points, then c2(X, d) ≤ 0(log n) and the bound is tight. Let T be a tree with n vertices, and d be the metric induced by it. We show that c2(T, d) ≤ 0(log log n), that is we provide an embedding f of its vertices to the Euclidean space, such that d(x, y) ≤ ∥f(x) - f(y)∥ ≤ c log log nd(x, y) for some constant c.
AB - We consider the problem of embedding a certain finite metric space to the Euclidean space, trying to keep the bi-Lipschitz constant as small as possible. We introduce the notation c2(X, d) for the least distortion with which the metric space (X, d) may be embedded in a Euclidean space It is known that if (X, d) is a metric space with n points, then c2(X, d) ≤ 0(log n) and the bound is tight. Let T be a tree with n vertices, and d be the metric induced by it. We show that c2(T, d) ≤ 0(log log n), that is we provide an embedding f of its vertices to the Euclidean space, such that d(x, y) ≤ ∥f(x) - f(y)∥ ≤ c log log nd(x, y) for some constant c.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02773475
DO - 10.1007/BF02773475
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AN - SCOPUS:0032415613
SN - 0021-2172
VL - 106
SP - 339
EP - 348
JO - Israel Journal of Mathematics
JF - Israel Journal of Mathematics
ER -