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WLOG the shape starts at the origin (0,0,0), the first kink is at (0, 0, m), and the next point is (x, y, m), where x²+y²=n² You can always rotate this to (n,
by crdrost 5y ago
WLOG the shape starts at the origin (0,0,0), the first kink is at (0, 0, m), and the next point is (x, y, m), where x²+y²=n²
You can always rotate this to (n, 0, m) and view from the +y axis looking down, and it is a right turn.
The L shape is not complex enough to be chiral, but the post is (and you are!) is claiming that you need an extra bit of information to specify “which L, the right handed one or the left handed one?” ... That is a distinctively 2D question.