On approximating metric 1-median in sublinear time

This paper focuses on approximating the metric 1-median problem with sublinear number of queries and time complexity. We first show a simper proof of the currently best 4-approximation algorithm, and then propose a recursive algorithm. For any integer h?2$h?2$, the algorithm finds a 2h  -approximation solution with O(n^1+1/h)$O(n^{1+1/h})$ queries and time complexity.