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The medial axis of a simple polygon

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Preparata, F.P. (1977). The medial axis of a simple polygon. In: Gruska, J. (eds) Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1977. MFCS 1977. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-08353-7_166

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