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["dmyan" <>]

Dear Bernd,
   Thanks for your answer!
   But actually, I need to use the signed volume of each simplex in my 
application. So the sequence of points are required.
Is there any other way to solve this problem?

Best

dmyan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernd Gaertner" <>
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Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [cgal-discuss] Question about Convex_hull_d


> dmyan wrote:
> >    I want to calculate the volume of a Convex_hull_d volume. The method 
> > is first to find a point which
> > inside the convex hull, then connect this point with points of each facet 
> > to form a set simplices. The volume of each simplex is calculated 
> > seperately and added together. Because I want to compute the oriented 
> > volume each simplex, the sequence of points of each facet is important.
>
> If the simplices have disjoint interiors (which you achieve by
> connecting an interior point to all facets), you can simply add up
> the absolute values of the simplex volumes.
>
> > My problem is that I find the volume signs of all the simplices are not 
> > same.
>
> They seem irrelevant to me in your application. Or am I missing something?
>
> Best,
> Bernd.
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