Re: Label Point of Polygons

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 6:36 PM, David Dailey <ddailey@zoominternet.net> wrote:
> Yes there are a zillion ways of talking about centers of sets (consider all the ways that graph theory does it), but the centroid holds a special place in the hearts of physics and the mind. Why not just do it?

As Doug said in his second paragraph, the centroid can sometimes lie
outside the element.  That's not what we want.

~TJ

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