Does the (piecewise straight border) line of a polygon have an equation, as a circle has the equation x2+y2=1?
Yes, but I don't know why you'd want to use it. We'll approach the answer in steps, by examples.
- Here is an infinite line: x+y-1=0.
- Here is an alternate form: (x+y-1)2=0 Note that the left hand side cannot be negative.
- Here is an equation of a curve that satisfies either of two conditions A(x,y)2=0 or B(x,y)2=0: A(x,y)2 B(x,y)2 = 0
- Here is an equation of a curve that satisfies both conditions A(x,y)2=0 and B(x,y)2=0: A(x,y)2 + B(x,y)2 = 0
- Here's how to turn the inequality x>=0 into an equation. q is a variable that is not used anywhere else. q2 = x
- Here is a finite segment, or edge, of the above line, for 0<=x<=10: (x+y-1)2 + (q2-(25-(x-5)2)) = 0
- Now you have enough to find the equation for a whole polygon.
The reason that the above works is that these are complex curves that have small regions that are real.