# Shape Transformation Via Medial Axis Transform

Mathematics Asked by fweth on December 22, 2020

Let $$P_1,dots,P_n$$ be simple polygons which don’t intersect each other and $$Ssubseteqmathbf{R}^2$$ the set of points lying in the interior of an odd number of the $$P_i$$, so $$S$$ can be thought as the interior of a finite number of simple polygons, each with a finite number of holes, also described by simple polygons. I want to perform the following transformation to $$S$$:

• Apply medial axis transform, i.e. get the set $$textsf{MAT}(S)$$ of triples $$(x,y,r)$$ such that the open ball $$B_r(x,y)$$ is contained in $$S$$ but not strictly contained in another open ball $$B_{r’}(x’,y’)subseteq S$$.
• Given a bijective linear map $$f:mathbf{R}^2rightarrowmathbf{R}^2$$, construct the shape $$S_f:=f^{-1}(cup_{(x,y,r)intextsf{MAT}(S)}B_r(f(x,y)).$$ In other words, for each $$(x,y,r)intextsf{MAT}(S)$$, draw the squeezed ball $$f^{-1}(B_1(0,0))$$ centered at $$(x,y)$$ and scaled by $$r$$ on the plane.

The lines in the medial axis transform don’t have to be straight, but I have the hunch that $$S_f$$ can again be described via polygons like $$S$$. If that’s correct, is there an easy way to directly compute the line segments of $$S_f$$, without computing the medial axis transform first? What if we look at balls in another $$p$$-norm?

[EDIT] No, $$S_f$$ can’t be described via polygons in general. But maybe for certain $$f$$?

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