Seems exactly like broad phase and narrow phase in games physics engine. | Hacker News

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		hubadu on July 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are some cool but obscure data struct... Seems exactly like broad phase and narrow phase in games physics engine.

djmips on July 22, 2022 [–]

The same things get invented over and over again and named different things depending on the field. Sometimes it's not immediately clear that they are the same things mathematically.

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