Longest convex chain

ID: longest-convex-chain

For points in a triangle and two fixed endpoint vertices, the longest convex chain length is the largest number of sampled points in a convex chain joining those endpoints. It is a certifiable function: a chain of length supplies a certificate of exactly point coordinates. Changing one point changes the maximum by at most one, since deleting that point from any optimal chain loses at most one vertex. For independent uniform points, its median is and its fluctuation scale about the median is at most , as proved by convex-chain probability in a triangle and convex-chain median concentration.

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