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From: kevins@dartvax.UUCP (Kevin M. Schofield)
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: Re: point inside a polygon (triangl
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Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 12:57:45 EST
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In article <8900037@osiris> kaden@osiris.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes:
>	   Count Vector on Sesame Street says: I love watching
>	   the ray crossing the curve and creating either an
>	   odd or even number of intersection points that I
>	   may count! Very splendid! Very splendid! HA! HA!
>	   HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! AH! HA! HA!

Close, but not quite. You get a nasty exception to the rule when your
ray hits a vertex of the polygon. 


                               -Kevin

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