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Michael Ian Shamos

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American mathematician, attorney and author

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Michael Ian Shamos
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According to Wikipedia, Michael Ian Shamos is an American mathematician, attorney, book author, journal editor, consultant and company director. He is the author of Computational Geometry , which was for many years the standard textbook in computational geometry, and is known for the Shamos–Hoey sweep line algorithm for line segment intersection detection and for the rotating calipers technique for finding the width and diameter of a geometric figure. His publications also include works on electronic voting, the game of billiards, and intellectual property law in the digital age.

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