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The growth surface for the slopes at the boundary of a polygon

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Author(s)

Javier Bernal

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the growth surface for the slopes at the boundary of a polygon, and present a brute force algorithm for computing it
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5344
Report Number
5344
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Computational geometry, growth surface, medial axis, multiply-connected polygon, simple polygon, Voronoi diagram

Citation

Bernal, J. (1994), The growth surface for the slopes at the boundary of a polygon, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5344 (Accessed October 2, 2025)

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Created February 1, 1994, Updated November 10, 2018
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