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The minimal size of a square which includes a digital convex 2K–gon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Dragan M. Acketa
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, 21000 Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4 Serbia, Yugoslavia
Joviša D. Žunić
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Basic Disciplines Faculty of Engineering, 21000 Novi Sad Velijka Vlahovića 3, Serbia, Yugoslavia
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This paper presents a construction of a digital convex 2k–gon (for a given natural number k), which can be inscribed into a square grid of the minimal possible size F(2k). An explicit expression for the function F(2k) is also given.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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