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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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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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Determine the boundary points of a set of points [closed]

I have a set of points $S=\{(x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2),\ldots,(x_n,y_n)\}$. Then how to find the boundary points (which is a subset of $S$) of $S$? There are methods like convex hull, concave hull and $\...
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Non-Convex Polygons with "Antipodal Visibility"

by "antipodal visibility" of planar, simple polygons I mean the following property: if two points $p$ and $q$ on the polygon's boundary divide the polygon's boundary into two polylines of equal length,...