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title: "k-d Tree"
date: 2024-08-10T11:50:33+01:00
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description: "Points in spaaaaace!"
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  - algorithms
  - data structures
  - python
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  - programming
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  - Cool algorithms
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The [_k-d Tree_][wiki] is a useful way to map points in space and make them
efficient to query.

I ran into them during my studies in graphics, as they are one of the
possible acceleration structures for [ray-casting] operations.

[wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-d_tree
[ray-casting]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_casting

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