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happy ending problem: a standalone construct

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Discrete geometry

the question of how many points in general position guarantee a convex polygon with a given number of vertices.

In discrete geometry, happy ending problem refers to the question of how many points in general position guarantee a convex polygon with a given number of vertices. This meaning comes from Suk (2016) in Journal of the American Mathematical Society.[1]

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References

Suk, A. (2016). On the Erdős-Szekeres convex polygon problem. Journal of the American Mathematical Society, 30(4), 1047-1053. https://doi.org/10.1090/jams/869

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