@InProceedings{YAR77, author = { Andrew C. Yao and David M. Avis and Ronald L. Rivest }, title = { An {$\Omega(n^2 \log n)$} lower bound to the shortest paths problem }, pages = { 11--17 }, url = { http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/800105.803391 }, doi = { 10.1145/800105.803391 }, acmid = { 803391 }, acm = { 08372 }, booktitle = { Proceedings of the ninth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing }, publisher = { ACM }, editor = { John E. Hopcroft and Emily P. Friedman and Michael A. Harrison }, date = { 1977 }, eventtitle = { STOC '77 }, OPTyear = { 1977 }, OPTmonth = { May 2--4 }, eventdate = { 1977-05-02/1977-05-04 }, venue = { Boulder, Colorado }, OPTorganization = { ACM }, note = { (Claim withdrawn.) }, abstract = { Let $P$ be a polyhedron with $f_s$ $s$-dimensional faces. We show that $\Omega(\log f_s)$ linear comparisons are needed to determine if a point lies in $P$. This is used to establish an $\Omega(n^2 \log n)$ lower bound to the all-pairs shortest path problem between $n$ points. }, }