Given N closed polygons whose vertices are integer coordinates (orientation arbitrary, self-overlap allowed, so the union may contain holes), compute:
The solution is complete and verified. Here is the deliverable (also written to ~/SOLUTION.md, with runnable code at ~/solution.js).
Given N closed polygons whose vertices are integer coordinates (orientation arbitrary, self-overlap allowed, so the union may contain holes), compute:
num/den (an integer when den == 1);Floating-point accumulators are not acceptable: near-degenerate slivers are cancelled differently than the exact reference.
The usual ways to attack this problem fail in predictable ways:
|dx1*dy2 - dy1*dx2|. When two edges nearly coincide, the signed contributions are almost equal and opposite; double rounding cancels the meaningful bits. The reference keeps the exact BigInt fraction, so any double result eventually differs — even when the visible area is small.x-only event ordering. Two events can share the same x and must be ordered by their lower endpoint y, then upper endpoint y, then type (start / end / intersection). If a start and an end at the same x are processed in the wrong order, the status structure is corrupted and the coverage parity flips.y. The status key must be the y of the segment at the current sweep line (y1 + (y2-y1)*(x-x1)/(x2-x1)), not the endpoint y. Endpoint-y ordering breaks as soon as segments are not parallel.x values. Vertex x-coordinates are not enough. Every proper crossing x must also split a slab, otherwise two edges swap order inside a slab and the coverage function stops being linear.The fix is to do everything with exact reduced BigInt fractions and to use a sweep whose cell decomposition is guaranteed to contain no crossings.
[num, den] with den > 0, reduced by gcd. All comparisons are cross-multiplications.x of every vertex and of every pairwise segment intersection. Sort/deduplicate them exactly.x values x0 < x1:(x0, x1);L(x) is a linear function of x;area_slab = (x1 - x0) * L((x0+x1)/2).xlo < mid < xhi), sort them by y(mid), and pair them with the even-odd rule to get inside intervals. Take the union of the intervals of all polygons; its total length is L(mid).x/y in lowest terms and deduplicate with a Set. This is the required count.Because every operation is exact, the final area is identical to the reference, including on near-degenerate slivers.
solution.js)'use strict';
/*
* Exact area of union of N simple (possibly self-intersecting) polygons
* with integer vertices, plus the number of distinct segment intersection
* points (including endpoints shared by two segments).
*
* Exact rational arithmetic with BigInt. A Bentley-Ottmann style vertical
* sweep is used: all critical x values (vertices + all pairwise segment
* intersections) split the plane into vertical slabs. Inside a slab the
* set and the vertical order of active edges never change, so the covered
* length L(x) is a linear function of x and the area of the slab is exactly
* width * L(midpoint).
*/
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* Exact non-negative rational arithmetic, [num, den] with den > 0, */
/* always kept reduced. */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
function babs(a) { return a < 0n ? -a : a; }
function bgcd(a, b) {
a = babs(a); b = babs(b);
while (b) { const t = a % b; a = b; b = t; }
return a;
}
function R(n, d = 1n) {
if (d === 0n) throw new Error('zero denominator');
if (d < 0n) { n = -n; d = -d; }
if (n === 0n) return [0n, 1n];
const g = bgcd(n, d);
return [n / g, d / g];
}
const radd = (a, b) => R(a[0] * b[1] + b[0] * a[1], a[1] * b[1]);
const rsub = (a, b) => R(a[0] * b[1] - b[0] * a[1], a[1] * b[1]);
const rmul = (a, b) => R(a[0] * b[0], a[1] * b[1]);
const rdiv = (a, b) => {
if (b[0] === 0n) throw new Error('division by zero rational');
return R(a[0] * b[1], a[1] * b[0]);
};
const rcmp = (a, b) => {
const l = a[0] * b[1], r = b[0] * a[1];
return l < r ? -1 : (l > r ? 1 : 0);
};
const rkey = (a) => a[0] + '/' + a[1];
const rInt = (v) => [BigInt(v), 1n];
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* Integer geometry helpers. */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
const cross = (o, a, b) =>
(a[0] - o[0]) * (b[1] - o[1]) - (a[1] - o[1]) * (b[0] - o[0]);
function onSeg(a, b, p) {
return cross(a, b, p) === 0n &&
p[0] >= (a[0] < b[0] ? a[0] : b[0]) &&
p[0] <= (a[0] > b[0] ? a[0] : b[0]) &&
p[1] >= (a[1] < b[1] ? a[1] : b[1]) &&
p[1] <= (a[1] > b[1] ? a[1] : b[1]);
}
/* Proper crossing point of two non-parallel lines AB and CD, rational. */
function lineIntersection(A, B, C, D) {
const rx = B[0] - A[0], ry = B[1] - A[1];
const sx = D[0] - C[0], sy = D[1] - C[1];
const den = rx * sy - ry * sx; // cross(r, s), non-zero here
const cax = C[0] - A[0], cay = C[1] - A[1];
const tNum = cax * sy - cay * sx; // cross(ca, s)
const t = R(tNum, den);
return [
radd(rInt(A[0]), rmul(t, rInt(rx))),
radd(rInt(A[1]), rmul(t, rInt(ry))),
];
}
/*
* All distinct intersection points of segments AB and CD, each returned as
* a rational point [xRat, yRat]. For a collinear overlap the overlap
* endpoints are returned.
*/
function segIntersections(A, B, C, D, out) {
const d1 = cross(A, B, C);
const d2 = cross(A, B, D);
const d3 = cross(C, D, A);
const d4 = cross(C, D, B);
const pos1 = d1 > 0n, neg1 = d1 < 0n;
const pos2 = d2 > 0n, neg2 = d2 < 0n;
const pos3 = d3 > 0n, neg3 = d3 < 0n;
const pos4 = d4 > 0n, neg4 = d4 < 0n;
if ((pos1 && neg2 || neg1 && pos2) && (pos3 && neg4 || neg3 && pos4)) {
out.push(lineIntersection(A, B, C, D));
return;
}
if (d1 === 0n && d2 === 0n && d3 === 0n && d4 === 0n) {
// Collinear: the overlap endpoints are exactly the endpoints that lie
// on both segments.
for (const p of [A, B, C, D]) {
if (onSeg(A, B, p) && onSeg(C, D, p)) out.push([rInt(p[0]), rInt(p[1])]);
}
return;
}
if (d1 === 0n && onSeg(A, B, C)) out.push([rInt(C[0]), rInt(C[1])]);
if (d2 === 0n && onSeg(A, B, D)) out.push([rInt(D[0]), rInt(D[1])]);
if (d3 === 0n && onSeg(C, D, A)) out.push([rInt(A[0]), rInt(A[1])]);
if (d4 === 0n && onSeg(C, D, B)) out.push([rInt(B[0]), rInt(B[1])]);
}
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* Core solver. */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
function solve(polygons) {
// Build the segment list; remember the owning polygon.
const segs = []; // { a:[bx,by], b:[bx,by], poly }
for (let p = 0; p < polygons.length; p++) {
const poly = polygons[p];
const m = poly.length;
for (let i = 0; i < m; i++) {
const a = poly[i], b = poly[(i + 1) % m];
if (a[0] === b[0] && a[1] === b[1]) continue; // ignore zero length edges
segs.push({ a, b, poly: p });
}
}
// Collect critical x values and distinct intersection points.
const xSet = new Set();
for (const poly of polygons)
for (const v of poly) xSet.add(rkey(rInt(v[0])));
const ptSet = new Set();
for (let i = 0; i < segs.length; i++) {
const s1 = segs[i];
for (let j = i + 1; j < segs.length; j++) {
const s2 = segs[j];
const out = [];
segIntersections(s1.a, s1.b, s2.a, s2.b, out);
for (const pt of out) {
xSet.add(rkey(pt[0]));
ptSet.add(rkey(pt[0]) + ',' + rkey(pt[1]));
}
}
}
const numIntersections = ptSet.size;
// Sort critical x values.
const xs = [];
for (const k of xSet) {
const [n, d] = k.split('/');
xs.push([BigInt(n), BigInt(d)]);
}
xs.sort(rcmp);
// Accumulate area slab by slab.
let area = R(0n);
for (let k = 0; k + 1 < xs.length; k++) {
const x0 = xs[k], x1 = xs[k + 1];
const width = rsub(x1, x0);
if (width[0] === 0n) continue;
const mid = rdiv(radd(x0, x1), rInt(2n));
// Active edges at mid, grouped per polygon.
const byPoly = new Map();
for (const s of segs) {
const [ax, ay] = s.a, [bx, by] = s.b;
const xlo = ax < bx ? rInt(ax) : rInt(bx);
const xhi = ax > bx ? rInt(ax) : rInt(bx);
if (rcmp(xlo, mid) < 0 && rcmp(mid, xhi) < 0 && ax !== bx) {
const t = rdiv(rsub(mid, rInt(ax)), rInt(bx - ax));
const y = radd(rInt(ay), rmul(rInt(by - ay), t));
let arr = byPoly.get(s.poly);
if (!arr) { arr = []; byPoly.set(s.poly, arr); }
arr.push(y);
}
}
// Even-odd pairing per polygon -> covered intervals.
const intervals = [];
for (const arr of byPoly.values()) {
arr.sort(rcmp);
for (let i = 0; i + 1 < arr.length; i += 2)
intervals.push([arr[i], arr[i + 1]]);
}
// Union of intervals.
intervals.sort((a, b) => rcmp(a[0], b[0]) || rcmp(a[1], b[1]));
let covered = R(0n);
if (intervals.length) {
let lo = intervals[0][0], hi = intervals[0][1];
for (let i = 1; i < intervals.length; i++) {
const [nl, nh] = intervals[i];
if (rcmp(nl, hi) <= 0) {
if (rcmp(nh, hi) > 0) hi = nh;
} else {
covered = radd(covered, rsub(hi, lo));
lo = nl; hi = nh;
}
}
covered = radd(covered, rsub(hi, lo));
}
area = radd(area, rmul(width, covered));
}
return { area, numIntersections };
}
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* I/O */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
function main(data) {
const toks = data.trim().split(/\s+/);
let ptr = 0;
const readBig = () => BigInt(toks[ptr++]);
const n = Number(readBig());
const polygons = [];
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
const m = Number(readBig());
const poly = [];
for (let j = 0; j < m; j++) poly.push([readBig(), readBig()]);
polygons.push(poly);
}
const { area, numIntersections } = solve(polygons);
const areaStr = area[1] === 1n ? area[0].toString() : area[0] + '/' + area[1];
return areaStr + '\n' + numIntersections;
}
if (require.main === module) {
const chunks = [];
process.stdin.on('data', (c) => chunks.push(c));
process.stdin.on('end', () => {
process.stdout.write(main(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8')) + '\n');
});
}
module.exports = { solve, main, R, radd, rsub, rmul, rdiv, rcmp };
Input (whitespace separated):
N
M1 x1 y1 x2 y2 ...
M2 ...
Output: the reduced area on the first line, the distinct intersection count on the second line.
| Case | Exact area | Intersections |
|---|---|---|
| unit square | 1 |
4 |
| two unit squares sharing an edge | 2 |
6 |
overlapping [0,2]² and [1,3]² |
7 |
10 |
| unit right triangle | 1/2 |
3 |
sliver (0,0),(1e9,1),(1e9+1,1) |
1/2 |
3 |
| self-intersecting bow-tie | 2 |
5 |
| square annulus (union hole) | 8 |
12 |
| T-junction partial shared edge | 20 |
8 |
| collinear degenerate polygon | 0 |
4 |
| corner-touching squares | 2 |
7 |
All pass.
(x,y) -> (y,x) (a horizontal sweep); area and intersection count identical in every case.23.00 against the exact 23 (3 × 300 000 samples).printf '2\n4\n0 0 4 0 4 4 0 4\n4\n1 1 5 1 5 5 1 5\n' | node solution.js
# => 23
# => 10
Let S be the number of edges and K = O(S²) the number of critical x values. Intersection discovery is O(S²) exact orientation tests; the slab phase is O(K · S log S) with exact BigInt fractions. This is more than fast enough for the modest lattice inputs this problem class targets; the important property is that the output is bit-for-bit the exact rational reference, not an approximation.
Note on intersection-count semantics: the count includes every point where two segments meet, so adjacent edges of a polygon contribute that polygon's vertices. This matches the specification's phrase "including endpoints shared by two segments." Collinear overlaps contribute their overlap endpoints, and T-junctions / endpoint touches contribute the touching point.
# Evidence - Problem class: node-sweep-line-polygon-union-exact-rational-area - Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash - Solved: 2026-09-24T22:27:43.975Z - Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json
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Given N closed polygons whose vertices are integer coordinates (orientation arbitrary, self-overlap allowed, so the union may contain holes), compute:
num/den (an integer when den == 1);Floating-point accumulators are not acceptable: near-degenerate slivers are cancelled differently than the exact reference.
The usual ways to attack this problem fail in predictable ways:
|dx1*dy2 - dy1*dx2|. When two edges nearly coincide, the signed contributions are almost equal and opposite; double rounding cancels the meaningful bits. The reference keeps the exact BigInt fraction, so any double result eventually differs — even when the visible area is small.x-only event ordering. Two events can share the same x and must be ordered by their lower endpoint y, then upper endpoint y, then type (start / end / intersection). If a start and an end at the same x are processed in the wrong order, the status structure is corrupted and the coverage parity flips.y. The status key must be the y of the segment at the current sweep line (y1 + (y2-y1)*(x-x1)/(x2-x1)), not the endpoint y. Endpoint-y ordering breaks as soon as segments are not parallel.x values. Vertex x-coordinates are not enough. Every proper crossing x must also split a slab, otherwise two edges swap order inside a slab and the coverage function stops being linear.The fix is to do everything with exact reduced BigInt fractions and to use a sweep whose cell decomposition is guaranteed to contain no crossings.
[num, den] with den > 0, reduced by gcd. All comparisons are cross-multiplications.x of every vertex and of every pairwise segment intersection. Sort/deduplicate them exactly.x values x0 < x1:(x0, x1);L(x) is a linear function of x;area_slab = (x1 - x0) * L((x0+x1)/2).xlo < mid < xhi), sort them by y(mid), and pair them with the even-odd rule to get inside intervals. Take the union of the intervals of all polygons; its total length is L(mid).x/y in lowest terms and deduplicate with a Set. This is the required count.Because every operation is exact, the final area is identical to the reference, including on near-degenerate slivers.
solution.js)'use strict';
/*
* Exact area of union of N simple (possibly self-intersecting) polygons
* with integer vertices, plus the number of distinct segment intersection
* points (including endpoints shared by two segments).
*
* Exact rational arithmetic with BigInt. A Bentley-Ottmann style vertical
* sweep is used: all critical x values (vertices + all pairwise segment
* intersections) split the plane into vertical slabs. Inside a slab the
* set and the vertical order of active edges never change, so the covered
* length L(x) is a linear function of x and the area of the slab is exactly
* width * L(midpoint).
*/
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* Exact non-negative rational arithmetic, [num, den] with den > 0, */
/* always kept reduced. */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
function babs(a) { return a < 0n ? -a : a; }
function bgcd(a, b) {
a = babs(a); b = babs(b);
while (b) { const t = a % b; a = b; b = t; }
return a;
}
function R(n, d = 1n) {
if (d === 0n) throw new Error('zero denominator');
if (d < 0n) { n = -n; d = -d; }
if (n === 0n) return [0n, 1n];
const g = bgcd(n, d);
return [n / g, d / g];
}
const radd = (a, b) => R(a[0] * b[1] + b[0] * a[1], a[1] * b[1]);
const rsub = (a, b) => R(a[0] * b[1] - b[0] * a[1], a[1] * b[1]);
const rmul = (a, b) => R(a[0] * b[0], a[1] * b[1]);
const rdiv = (a, b) => {
if (b[0] === 0n) throw new Error('division by zero rational');
return R(a[0] * b[1], a[1] * b[0]);
};
const rcmp = (a, b) => {
const l = a[0] * b[1], r = b[0] * a[1];
return l < r ? -1 : (l > r ? 1 : 0);
};
const rkey = (a) => a[0] + '/' + a[1];
const rInt = (v) => [BigInt(v), 1n];
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* Integer geometry helpers. */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
const cross = (o, a, b) =>
(a[0] - o[0]) * (b[1] - o[1]) - (a[1] - o[1]) * (b[0] - o[0]);
function onSeg(a, b, p) {
return cross(a, b, p) === 0n &&
p[0] >= (a[0] < b[0] ? a[0] : b[0]) &&
p[0] <= (a[0] > b[0] ? a[0] : b[0]) &&
p[1] >= (a[1] < b[1] ? a[1] : b[1]) &&
p[1] <= (a[1] > b[1] ? a[1] : b[1]);
}
/* Proper crossing point of two non-parallel lines AB and CD, rational. */
function lineIntersection(A, B, C, D) {
const rx = B[0] - A[0], ry = B[1] - A[1];
const sx = D[0] - C[0], sy = D[1] - C[1];
const den = rx * sy - ry * sx; // cross(r, s), non-zero here
const cax = C[0] - A[0], cay = C[1] - A[1];
const tNum = cax * sy - cay * sx; // cross(ca, s)
const t = R(tNum, den);
return [
radd(rInt(A[0]), rmul(t, rInt(rx))),
radd(rInt(A[1]), rmul(t, rInt(ry))),
];
}
/*
* All distinct intersection points of segments AB and CD, each returned as
* a rational point [xRat, yRat]. For a collinear overlap the overlap
* endpoints are returned.
*/
function segIntersections(A, B, C, D, out) {
const d1 = cross(A, B, C);
const d2 = cross(A, B, D);
const d3 = cross(C, D, A);
const d4 = cross(C, D, B);
const pos1 = d1 > 0n, neg1 = d1 < 0n;
const pos2 = d2 > 0n, neg2 = d2 < 0n;
const pos3 = d3 > 0n, neg3 = d3 < 0n;
const pos4 = d4 > 0n, neg4 = d4 < 0n;
if ((pos1 && neg2 || neg1 && pos2) && (pos3 && neg4 || neg3 && pos4)) {
out.push(lineIntersection(A, B, C, D));
return;
}
if (d1 === 0n && d2 === 0n && d3 === 0n && d4 === 0n) {
// Collinear: the overlap endpoints are exactly the endpoints that lie
// on both segments.
for (const p of [A, B, C, D]) {
if (onSeg(A, B, p) && onSeg(C, D, p)) out.push([rInt(p[0]), rInt(p[1])]);
}
return;
}
if (d1 === 0n && onSeg(A, B, C)) out.push([rInt(C[0]), rInt(C[1])]);
if (d2 === 0n && onSeg(A, B, D)) out.push([rInt(D[0]), rInt(D[1])]);
if (d3 === 0n && onSeg(C, D, A)) out.push([rInt(A[0]), rInt(A[1])]);
if (d4 === 0n && onSeg(C, D, B)) out.push([rInt(B[0]), rInt(B[1])]);
}
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* Core solver. */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
function solve(polygons) {
// Build the segment list; remember the owning polygon.
const segs = []; // { a:[bx,by], b:[bx,by], poly }
for (let p = 0; p < polygons.length; p++) {
const poly = polygons[p];
const m = poly.length;
for (let i = 0; i < m; i++) {
const a = poly[i], b = poly[(i + 1) % m];
if (a[0] === b[0] && a[1] === b[1]) continue; // ignore zero length edges
segs.push({ a, b, poly: p });
}
}
// Collect critical x values and distinct intersection points.
const xSet = new Set();
for (const poly of polygons)
for (const v of poly) xSet.add(rkey(rInt(v[0])));
const ptSet = new Set();
for (let i = 0; i < segs.length; i++) {
const s1 = segs[i];
for (let j = i + 1; j < segs.length; j++) {
const s2 = segs[j];
const out = [];
segIntersections(s1.a, s1.b, s2.a, s2.b, out);
for (const pt of out) {
xSet.add(rkey(pt[0]));
ptSet.add(rkey(pt[0]) + ',' + rkey(pt[1]));
}
}
}
const numIntersections = ptSet.size;
// Sort critical x values.
const xs = [];
for (const k of xSet) {
const [n, d] = k.split('/');
xs.push([BigInt(n), BigInt(d)]);
}
xs.sort(rcmp);
// Accumulate area slab by slab.
let area = R(0n);
for (let k = 0; k + 1 < xs.length; k++) {
const x0 = xs[k], x1 = xs[k + 1];
const width = rsub(x1, x0);
if (width[0] === 0n) continue;
const mid = rdiv(radd(x0, x1), rInt(2n));
// Active edges at mid, grouped per polygon.
const byPoly = new Map();
for (const s of segs) {
const [ax, ay] = s.a, [bx, by] = s.b;
const xlo = ax < bx ? rInt(ax) : rInt(bx);
const xhi = ax > bx ? rInt(ax) : rInt(bx);
if (rcmp(xlo, mid) < 0 && rcmp(mid, xhi) < 0 && ax !== bx) {
const t = rdiv(rsub(mid, rInt(ax)), rInt(bx - ax));
const y = radd(rInt(ay), rmul(rInt(by - ay), t));
let arr = byPoly.get(s.poly);
if (!arr) { arr = []; byPoly.set(s.poly, arr); }
arr.push(y);
}
}
// Even-odd pairing per polygon -> covered intervals.
const intervals = [];
for (const arr of byPoly.values()) {
arr.sort(rcmp);
for (let i = 0; i + 1 < arr.length; i += 2)
intervals.push([arr[i], arr[i + 1]]);
}
// Union of intervals.
intervals.sort((a, b) => rcmp(a[0], b[0]) || rcmp(a[1], b[1]));
let covered = R(0n);
if (intervals.length) {
let lo = intervals[0][0], hi = intervals[0][1];
for (let i = 1; i < intervals.length; i++) {
const [nl, nh] = intervals[i];
if (rcmp(nl, hi) <= 0) {
if (rcmp(nh, hi) > 0) hi = nh;
} else {
covered = radd(covered, rsub(hi, lo));
lo = nl; hi = nh;
}
}
covered = radd(covered, rsub(hi, lo));
}
area = radd(area, rmul(width, covered));
}
return { area, numIntersections };
}
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* I/O */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
function main(data) {
const toks = data.trim().split(/\s+/);
let ptr = 0;
const readBig = () => BigInt(toks[ptr++]);
const n = Number(readBig());
const polygons = [];
for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
const m = Number(readBig());
const poly = [];
for (let j = 0; j < m; j++) poly.push([readBig(), readBig()]);
polygons.push(poly);
}
const { area, numIntersections } = solve(polygons);
const areaStr = area[1] === 1n ? area[0].toString() : area[0] + '/' + area[1];
return areaStr + '\n' + numIntersections;
}
if (require.main === module) {
const chunks = [];
process.stdin.on('data', (c) => chunks.push(c));
process.stdin.on('end', () => {
process.stdout.write(main(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8')) + '\n');
});
}
module.exports = { solve, main, R, radd, rsub, rmul, rdiv, rcmp };
Input (whitespace separated):
N
M1 x1 y1 x2 y2 ...
M2 ...
Output: the reduced area on the first line, the distinct intersection count on the second line.
| Case | Exact area | Intersections |
|---|---|---|
| unit square | 1 |
4 |
| two unit squares sharing an edge | 2 |
6 |
overlapping [0,2]² and [1,3]² |
7 |
10 |
| unit right triangle | 1/2 |
3 |
sliver (0,0),(1e9,1),(1e9+1,1) |
1/2 |
3 |
| self-intersecting bow-tie | 2 |
5 |
| square annulus (union hole) | 8 |
12 |
| T-junction partial shared edge | 20 |
8 |
| collinear degenerate polygon | 0 |
4 |
| corner-touching squares | 2 |
7 |
All pass.
(x,y) -> (y,x) (a horizontal sweep); area and intersection count identical in every case.23.00 against the exact 23 (3 × 300 000 samples).printf '2\n4\n0 0 4 0 4 4 0 4\n4\n1 1 5 1 5 5 1 5\n' | node solution.js
# => 23
# => 10
Let S be the number of edges and K = O(S²) the number of critical x values. Intersection discovery is O(S²) exact orientation tests; the slab phase is O(K · S log S) with exact BigInt fractions. This is more than fast enough for the modest lattice inputs this problem class targets; the important property is that the output is bit-for-bit the exact rational reference, not an approximation.
Note on intersection-count semantics: the count includes every point where two segments meet, so adjacent edges of a polygon contribute that polygon's vertices. This matches the specification's phrase "including endpoints shared by two segments." Collinear overlaps contribute their overlap endpoints, and T-junctions / endpoint touches contribute the touching point.
# Evidence - Problem class: node-sweep-line-polygon-union-exact-rational-area - Model: openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash - Solved: 2026-09-24T22:27:43.975Z - Verification: solution produced by pi in sandbox; see signatures.json
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