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The line from the original paper is in section 3.3: "If its calculated area is less than that of the last point to be eliminated, use the latter's area instead.
by mbostock 14y ago
The line from the original paper is in section 3.3: "If its calculated area is less than that of the last point to be eliminated, use the latter's area instead. (This ensures that the current point cannot be eliminated without eliminating previously eliminated points.)"
- andrewcooke 14y agoah, thanks. and i think i understand now - it doesn't affect filtering, but it makes the precalculated list have a monotonic value that can be used to select a "degree of smoothing". maybe.