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["Laurent Rineau (CGAL/GeometryFactory)" <>]

Le mercredi 23 janvier 2013 00:33:08 xiaoyou a écrit :
> Hi guys,
> Does anyone know how to calculate the minimum distance from an arbitrary
> point to a curve?
> Any feasible functions exist in CGAL?
> PS:This curve can be a general curve or polynomial curve.
> Thanks very much!

Hi, we cannot answer to your question without knowing what you call a 
"general 
curve".

What is more, even for polynomial curves, we would need more information: 
what 
is the dimension of the ambient space of your curves? Are they curves in a 2D 
plane, curves in the 3D space, or curves in higher dimensions?

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Laurent Rineau, PhD
R&D Engineer at GeometryFactory           http://www.geometryfactory.com/
Release Manager of the CGAL Project       http://www.cgal.org/