"art gallery problem" meaning in All languages combined

See art gallery problem on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: art gallery problems [plural]
Etymology: Originating from a real-world problem of guarding an art gallery with the minimum number of guards who can observe together the whole gallery. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=art gallery problem}} art gallery problem (plural art gallery problems)

Inflected forms

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        "A visibility problem in computational geometry, dealing with whether a number of points in a polygon can collectively \"see\" (by line segments akin to a person's line of sight) the whole interior of the polygon."
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