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Approximating 1-dimensional TSP Requires Omega(n log n) Comparisons
Abstract
We give a short proof that any comparison-based n^(1-epsilon)-approximation algorithm for the 1-dimensional Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) requires Omega(n log n) comparisons.
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