On the complexity of some partition problems of a finite set of points in Euclidean space into balanced clusters

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We consider some problems of partitioning a finite set of N points in d-dimension Euclidean space into two clusters balancing the value of (1) the quadratic variance normalized by a cluster size, (2) the quadratic variance, and (3) the size-weighted quadratic variance. We have proved the NP-completeness of all these problems.

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A. V. Kel’manov

Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

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Email: kelm@math.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, 4, Acad. Koptyug prospect, Novosibirsk, 630090; 1, Pirogova str., Novosibirsk, 630090

A. V. Pyatkin

Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: artem@math.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, 4, Acad. Koptyug prospect, Novosibirsk, 630090; 1, Pirogova str., Novosibirsk, 630090

V. I. Khandeev

Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk State University

Email: khandeev@math.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, 4, Acad. Koptyug prospect, Novosibirsk, 630090; 1, Pirogova str., Novosibirsk, 630090

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