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How to translate points on a path relative to two other points?

I'm trying to make a curved line move relative to the movement of a straight line. I'm thinking that I want the points on the curved line to keep their relative positions to the two points on the ...
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Calculate largest square in rectangle with a given vertex

There are two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2), each of which can be any real integer pair. These define a rectangle R with vertices {(x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x1, y2), (x2, y1)}. The rectangle exists in a ...
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How to check if 4 points form a square?

Assume I have 4 points (they are 2-dimension), which are different from each other, and I want to know whether they form a square. How to do it? (let the process be as simple as possible.)
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Algorithm to calculate trajectories from vector field

I have a two-dimensional vector field, i.e., for each point (x, y) I have a vector (u, v), whereas u and v are functions of x and y. This vector field canonically defines a set of trajectories, i.e. ...
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