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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: Re: point inside a triangle
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Date: Sun, 19-Oct-86 17:07:53 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 19 17:07:53 1986
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In article <8900031@osiris>, kaden@osiris.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
>		Can we generalise to determine whether (p1,p2) is
>		inside a polygon? Use the VECTOR approach, ONLY, as
>		it is clearly the most superior, elegant and non-
>		paleozoic approach to the problem. I will not even
>		scan any other precambrian attempts.
>
>
>						Thankyou.

Hey, if you are too hoity toity to look at whatever is offered you (espec-
ially for free) don't ask for it.

Anybody else, with any method whatsoever to determine if (x,y) is within
a polygon (and to make this more interesting, even a degenerate polygon,
that is, whose sides cross or touch) please post.
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