Re: Decision whether point lies within closed contour
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- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 05:00:16 -0400 (EDT)
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> On Oct 9, 2013, at 2:10 AM, "Dr. Robert Kragler" > 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? In the particular case of a continuous contour curve having equation f(x,y)= 0, the point is (outside, on, inside) of contour depending on whether: f(x,y) is ( > 0, = 0 or < 0 ). Narasimham