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Get a point inside a polygon

I have a 2D polygon of arbitrary geometry. I need to find any point that is inside of that polygon. Taking the center won't work, because the polygon might not be convex. Is there a way to quickly ...
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Fast way to generate random points in 2D according to a density function

I'm looking for a fast way to generate random points in 2D according to a given 2D density function. For instance something like this: Right now I'm using a modified version of "Poisson disc&...
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Is there a simple criterion to determine if two parallelograms intersect?

Assume we are given two parallelograms in the plane. How can I check if their intersection is nonempty? Note that I do not need to actually find the intersection.
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Algorithm for reporting all triangles with unique interior point

What is known about the complexity of and/or practical algorithms for reporting all triplets of points from finite set of at least four points of which no three are collinear in the Euclidean plane, ...
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Maximal opening angle of a polygon from a point [closed]

I'm looking for an algorithm that given a 2D convex polygon and point outside it, returns the two points of the polygon which are the two extremities of the polygon when viewed from that point. One ...