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Decision whether point lies within closed contour

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• Subject: [mg131806] Decision whether point lies within closed contour
• From: "Dr. Robert Kragler" <kragler at hs-weingarten.de>
• Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 02:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
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Does an algorithm or even a Mathematica procedure exist to decide whether a 
points is located inside or outside a closed contour resp. closed polygonal line?

Thanks for any reply

Robert Kragler

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