Convex Hull
 Convex : A subset 
  S of the plane is called convex if and only if for every pair of points p,q 
  in S, the line segment pq is completely contained in S. 
Convex Hull : 
  The convex hull CH(S) of a set S is the smallest convex set that contains S.


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