Breadth and diameter of a convex hull
- To: MATHGROUP at CHRISTENSEN.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg432] Breadth and diameter of a convex hull
- From: rrigon at zeus.tamu.edu (Riccardo Rigon)
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 12:29:12 +0100
Dear Mathgrouper, let have a convex hull, K, and let define the diameter, D(K), as the greatest distance between any two points of K and the breadth, b(K), as the least distance between every pair of parallel straight lines enclosing K. Suggestions about how to calculate them with Mathematica or references about the suitable algorithms are welcomed. Riccardo Rigon, Ph. D. Civil Egineering Department Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 ph: (409)-845-0335 fax: (409)-862-1542 e-mail: rrigon at zeus.tamu.edu