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English: Two β-skeletons of a set of 100 random points in a square. The heavy dark edges are the β-skeleton for β = 1.1, while the light dashed blue edges are the additional edges for β = 0.9.
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Author David Eppstein

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This image was created with the following Python source code and then recolored and converted to SVG in Adobe Illustrator.

from pyx import canvas,path,color
from math import *
from random import seed,random
seed(12345)

npoints = 100
radius = 0.05
scale = 5
beta1 = 1.1
beta2 = 0.9
theta1 = asin(1/beta1)
theta2 = pi - asin(beta2)

points = [(random()*scale,random()*scale) for i in range(npoints)]

def dot(p,q,r):
    return sum((p[i]-r[i])*(q[i]-r[i]) for i in [0,1])

def sharp(p,q):
    theta = None
    for r in points:
        if r not in [p,q]:
            prq = acos(dot(p,q,r) / (dot(p,p,r)*dot(q,q,r))**0.5)
            theta = max(theta,prq)
    return theta

c = canvas.canvas()
 
def edge1(p,q):
    c.stroke(path.line(p[0],p[1],q[0],q[1]),
             [color.rgb.black])

def edge2(p,q):
    c.stroke(path.line(p[0],p[1],q[0],q[1]),
             [color.rgb.blue])

def point(p):
    c.fill(path.circle(p[0],p[1],radius),[color.rgb.red])

for p in points:
    for q in points:
        if p < q:
            theta = sharp(p,q)
            if theta < theta1:
                edge1(p,q)
            elif theta < theta2:
                edge2(p,q)

for p in points:
    point(p)

c.writePDFfile("Beta-skeleton")

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Public domain I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
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current03:58, 20 February 2010Thumbnail for version as of 03:58, 20 February 2010450 × 450 (78 KB)David Eppstein (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Two β-skeletons of a set of 100 random points in a square. The heavy black edges are the β-skeleton for β = 1.1, while the light dashed blue edges are the additional edges for β =&

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