Combinatorial view of digital convexity

  • Authors:
  • S. Brlek;J.-O. Lachaud;X. Provençal

  • Affiliations:
  • Laboratoire de Combinatoire et d'Informatique Mathématique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada;Laboratoire de Mathématiques, UMR, CNRS, Université de Savoie, Le Bourget du Lac, France;Laboratoire de Combinatoire et d'Informatique Mathématique, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

  • Venue:
  • DGCI'08 Proceedings of the 14th IAPR international conference on Discrete geometry for computer imagery
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The notion of convexity translates non-trivially from Euclidean geometry to discrete geometry, and detecting if a discrete region of the plane is convex requires analysis. In this paper we study digital convexity from the combinatorics on words point of view, and provide a fast optimal algorithm checking digital convexity of polyominoes coded by the contour word. The result is based on the Lyndon factorization of the contour word, and the recognition of Christoffel factors that are approximations of digital lines.