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The approximation threshold for metric k-median

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For every fixed ε > 0, we give a deterministic polynomial-time $(1+2/e+\varepsilon)$-approximation for finite rational metric k -median with specified candidate facilities, opening at most k facilities. Under $P\ne NP$, the infimum approximation factor in this model is therefore $1+2/e$.

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