Here's an implementation of the green theorem in JavaScript:
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This function expects an array of points, where each point is an object with x
and y
properties, e.g.:
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The greenTheorem
function calculates the area and centroid of the polygon defined by the points using the green theorem. The area is calculated as the sum of the cross products of each pair of adjacent points divided by 2. The centroid is calculated using the formula:
$$ \frac{1}{6A}\sum_{i=0}^{n-1}(x_i+x_{i+1})(x_iy_{i+1}-x_{i+1}y_i), \frac{1}{6A}\sum_{i=0}^{n-1}(y_i+y_{i+1})(x_iy_{i+1}-x_{i+1}y_i) $$
where A is the area of the polygon.
Note that the points must be ordered either clockwise or counterclockwise for this to work correctly.
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