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Partitioning a polygon into convex parts
I'm looking for an algorithm to partition any simple closed polygon into convex sub-polygons--preferably as few as possible.
I know almost nothing about this subject, so I've been searching on Google ...
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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 if you can build a polygon from segments [closed]
Is there a way to determine whether it is possible to build a polygon from given n segments?
Maybe triangle inequality generalized?