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English: The four types of intersection of a line with a convex curve , here a regular pentagon. The intersections of the four blue lines with the curve, shown in red, are (from top to bottom) the empty set, a single point, two points, and an interval.
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Author David Eppstein

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The four types of intersection of a line with a convex curve

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