Rotation and Winding Numbers for Planar Polygons and Curves

DOI10.2307/2001527zbMath0722.51012OpenAlexW4250204573MaRDI QIDQ3209742

Branko Grünbaum, Geoffrey C. Shephard

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2001527

zbMATH Keywords

curverotation numberwinding numberpolaritytangent numbern-gonplanar polygon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General low-dimensional topology (57M99) Integration of real functions of several variables: length, area, volume (26B15) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05)

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