Problem 1452. Minimum Distance between two N-sided Polygons

This Challenge is to determine the minimum distance between two non-overlapping polygons. The input is a cell array of two vectors that represent the sequential points of 3 to 100 sided polygons. [x0 y0 x1 y1 ... xn yn]

Input: polycell={[0 0 0 5 4 5 4 0] [2.5 5.5 3 9 -2 5.6]};

Output: 0.5

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21.85% Correct | 78.15% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Nov 26, 2025

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