Check points inside or outside a triangle or tetrahedron

To check points inside or outside a given 2D triangle, 3D tetrahedron or an arbitrary DIM-dimensional simplex

https://github.com/jyang526843/PtInTriCheck

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Introduction
To check points inside or outside a given 2D triangle, 3D tetrahedron, or an arbitrary DIM-dimensional simplex. In geometry, a simplex is a generalization of the notion of a triangle or tetrahedron to arbitrary dimensions. E.g.: A 2D simplex is a triangle. A 3D simplex is a tetrahedral.

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Email: Jin Yang, jyang526@wisc.edu;
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Cite As

Jin Yang (2026). Check points inside or outside a triangle or tetrahedron (https://github.com/jyang526843/PtInTriCheck), GitHub. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

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Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.3

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1.0.2

Updated outputs: 0-Outside triangle; 1-Inside triangle

1.0.0

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