Re: Convex random polyhedrons
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- Subject: [mg85213] Re: [mg85200] Convex random polyhedrons
- From: Takashi Yoshino <tyoshino at toyonet.toyo.ac.jp>
- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 03:27:45 -0500 (EST)
- References: <200802010721.CAA10045@smc.vnet.net>
It is easy to obtain the number of points from the results of ConvexHull3D.
rp = Table[{RandomReal[], RandomReal[], RandomReal[]}, {20}];
polytope = ConvexHull3D[rp];
List @@@ polytope // Flatten // Partition[#, 3] & // Union // Length
Steve Gray wrote:
> Does anyone have a handy way in Mathematica of making convex random
> polyhedrons in 3D? The number of points should be a parameter. The
> points do not have to be evenly spaced (obviously) and if up to say
> 10% of them are not quite convex, that's ok. I have some ideas but
> maybe it's already been done.
> I know about ConvexHull3D.m and maybe that's the best way, but
> it doesn't return the number of points, which must be computed. That
> seems inefficient because the number of points must be exact.
>
> Steve Gray
>
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- References:
- Convex random polyhedrons
- From: Steve Gray <stevebg@roadrunner.com>
- Convex random polyhedrons