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+#ifndef __KDTREE_SPLITTERS_HPP
+#define __KDTREE_SPLITTERS_HPP
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace CosmoTool
+{
+
+  template<int N, typename ValType, typename CType = ComputePrecision> 
+  struct KD_homogeneous_cell_splitter
+  {
+    typedef typename KDDef<N,CType>::KDCoordinates coords; 
+    typedef typename KDDef<N,CType>::CoordType ctype; 
+
+    void operator()(KDCell<N,ValType,CType> **cells, uint32_t Ncells, uint32_t& split_index, int axis, coords minBound, coords maxBound)
+    {
+      ctype midCoord = 0.5*(maxBound[axis]+minBound[axis]);
+      uint32_t below = 0, above = Ncells-1;
+      ctype delta_max = std::abs(cells[0]->coord[axis]-midCoord);
+      uint32_t idx_max = 0;
+
+      while (below < above)
+	{
+          ctype delta = cells[below]->coord[axis]-midCoord;
+	  if (delta > 0)
+            {
+              if (delta < delta_max)
+                {
+                  delta_max = delta;
+                  idx_max = above;
+                }
+	      std::swap(cells[below], cells[above--]);
+            }
+	  else
+            {
+              if (-delta < delta_max)
+                {
+                  delta_max = -delta;
+                  idx_max = below;
+                }
+	      below++;
+            }
+	}
+      if (idx_max != above)
+        {
+          bool cond1 = cells[idx_max]->coord[axis] > midCoord;
+          bool cond2 = cells[above]->coord[axis] > midCoord;
+          if ((cond1 && cond2) || (!cond1 && !cond2))
+            {
+              split_index = above;
+              std::swap(cells[above], cells[idx_max]);
+            }
+          else if (cond2)
+            {
+              split_index = above-1;
+              std::swap(cells[above-1], cells[idx_max]);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              split_index = above+1;
+              std::swap(cells[above+1], cells[idx_max]);
+            }
+         }
+       else split_index = above;
+    }
+  };
+
+
+};
+
+#endif