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Algorithms for Coding Interviews in C++

Solution: Closest Pair of Points

Explore how to efficiently find the closest pair of points with a divide and conquer strategy. Understand sorting points, recursive splitting, and combining results for an optimized solution that outperforms naive approaches.

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Solution # 1

A naive solution to this approach is to compute all possible distances between each pair of points, while keeping a minimum distance, and return the minimum distance at the end.

Time Complexity

This brute force solution runs in O(n2)O(n^2) ...