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: Three consecutive vertices $a, b, c$ form an *ear* of a polygon if
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: Three consecutive vertices $a, b, c$ form an *ear* of a polygon if
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$a c$ is a diagonal of the polygon. The vertex $b$ is called the ear
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$a c$ is a diagonal of the polygon. The vertex $b$ is called the ear
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*tip*.
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*tip*.
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**Corollary 1.9**
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: Every polygon with more than three vertices has at least two ears.
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A vertex of a polygon is *reflex* if its angle is greater than $\pi$
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and *convex* if its angle is less than or equal to $\pi$. It is *flat*
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if its angle is exactly $\pi$ and *strictly convex* if its angle is
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strictly less than $\pi$.
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A polygon $P$ is a *convex polygon* if all of its vertices are
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strictly convex.
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**Lemma 1.18**
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: A diagonal exists between any two nonadjacent vertices of a polygon
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$P$ if and only if $P$ is a convex polygon.
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**Theorem 1.19**
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: The number of triangulations of a convex polygon with $n + 2$
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vertices is the Catalan number $$ C_n = \frac{1, n + 1}{n + 1 \choose
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n} $$
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