<p>I found this book to cover the topics well</p>

<p>Computational Geometry in C
by Joseph O'Rourke</p>

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2012-03-07T22:47:04.027Z
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VadimUWO
<p><a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/3540961313" rel="nofollow">The monograph by Preparata and Shamos</a> is worth looking at. Despite the name it's quite deep.</p>

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2012-03-08T22:43:26.733Z
...and it is also completely outdated.
Sariel Har-Peled
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Dmytro Korduban
<p>What are some good resources (books, articles, sites) about polygon intersection and union algorithms?</p>

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2012-03-08T04:44:01.643Z
It depends what you want to do - there are different communities working on this issues from graphics, computational geometry to CAD...
Sariel Har-Peled
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Some good reading on polygon algorithms
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# Some good reading on polygon algorithms

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-07)

What are some good resources (books, articles, sites) about polygon intersection and union algorithms?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It depends what you want to do - there are different communities working on this issues from graphics, computational geometry to CAD...  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2012-03-07. Score: 2

I found this book to cover the topics well

Computational Geometry in C
by Joseph O'Rourke


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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-03-08. Score: 0

[The monograph by Preparata and Shamos](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/3540961313) is worth looking at. Despite the name it's quite deep.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: ...and it is also completely outdated.  

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