Task: Ramer-Douglas-Peucker line simplification
C#: using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace LineSimplification {
    using Point = Tuple<double, double>;

    class Program {
        static double PerpendicularDistance(Point pt, Point lineStart, Point lineEnd) {
            double dx = lineEnd.Item1 - lineStart.Item1;
            double dy = lineEnd.Item2 - lineStart.Item2;

            
            double mag = Math.Sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
            if (mag > 0.0) {
                dx /= mag;
                dy /= mag;
            }
            double pvx = pt.Item1 - lineStart.Item1;
            double pvy = pt.Item2 - lineStart.Item2;

            
            double pvdot = dx * pvx + dy * pvy;

            
            double ax = pvx - pvdot * dx;
            double ay = pvy - pvdot * dy;

            return Math.Sqrt(ax * ax + ay * ay);
        }

        static void RamerDouglasPeucker(List<Point> pointList, double epsilon, List<Point> output) {
            if (pointList.Count < 2) {
                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Not enough points to simplify");
            }

            
            double dmax = 0.0;
            int index = 0;
            int end = pointList.Count - 1;
            for (int i = 1; i < end; ++i) {
                double d = PerpendicularDistance(pointList[i], pointList[0], pointList[end]);
                if (d > dmax) {
                    index = i;
                    dmax = d;
                }
            }

            
            if (dmax > epsilon) {
                List<Point> recResults1 = new List<Point>();
                List<Point> recResults2 = new List<Point>();
                List<Point> firstLine = pointList.Take(index + 1).ToList();
                List<Point> lastLine = pointList.Skip(index).ToList();
                RamerDouglasPeucker(firstLine, epsilon, recResults1);
                RamerDouglasPeucker(lastLine, epsilon, recResults2);

                
                output.AddRange(recResults1.Take(recResults1.Count - 1));
                output.AddRange(recResults2);
                if (output.Count < 2) throw new Exception("Problem assembling output");
            }
            else {
                
                output.Clear();
                output.Add(pointList[0]);
                output.Add(pointList[pointList.Count - 1]);
            }
        }

        static void Main(string[] args) {
            List<Point> pointList = new List<Point>() {
                new Point(0.0,0.0),
                new Point(1.0,0.1),
                new Point(2.0,-0.1),
                new Point(3.0,5.0),
                new Point(4.0,6.0),
                new Point(5.0,7.0),
                new Point(6.0,8.1),
                new Point(7.0,9.0),
                new Point(8.0,9.0),
                new Point(9.0,9.0),
            };
            List<Point> pointListOut = new List<Point>();
            RamerDouglasPeucker(pointList, 1.0, pointListOut);
            Console.WriteLine("Points remaining after simplification:");
            pointListOut.ForEach(p => Console.WriteLine(p));
        }
    }
}

Java: import javafx.util.Pair;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class LineSimplification {
    private static class Point extends Pair<Double, Double> {
        Point(Double key, Double value) {
            super(key, value);
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return String.format("(%f, %f)", getKey(), getValue());
        }
    }

    private static double perpendicularDistance(Point pt, Point lineStart, Point lineEnd) {
        double dx = lineEnd.getKey() - lineStart.getKey();
        double dy = lineEnd.getValue() - lineStart.getValue();

        
        double mag = Math.hypot(dx, dy);
        if (mag > 0.0) {
            dx /= mag;
            dy /= mag;
        }
        double pvx = pt.getKey() - lineStart.getKey();
        double pvy = pt.getValue() - lineStart.getValue();

        
        double pvdot = dx * pvx + dy * pvy;

        
        double ax = pvx - pvdot * dx;
        double ay = pvy - pvdot * dy;

        return Math.hypot(ax, ay);
    }

    private static void ramerDouglasPeucker(List<Point> pointList, double epsilon, List<Point> out) {
        if (pointList.size() < 2) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Not enough points to simplify");

        
        double dmax = 0.0;
        int index = 0;
        int end = pointList.size() - 1;
        for (int i = 1; i < end; ++i) {
            double d = perpendicularDistance(pointList.get(i), pointList.get(0), pointList.get(end));
            if (d > dmax) {
                index = i;
                dmax = d;
            }
        }

        
        if (dmax > epsilon) {
            List<Point> recResults1 = new ArrayList<>();
            List<Point> recResults2 = new ArrayList<>();
            List<Point> firstLine = pointList.subList(0, index + 1);
            List<Point> lastLine = pointList.subList(index, pointList.size());
            ramerDouglasPeucker(firstLine, epsilon, recResults1);
            ramerDouglasPeucker(lastLine, epsilon, recResults2);

            
            out.addAll(recResults1.subList(0, recResults1.size() - 1));
            out.addAll(recResults2);
            if (out.size() < 2) throw new RuntimeException("Problem assembling output");
        } else {
            
            out.clear();
            out.add(pointList.get(0));
            out.add(pointList.get(pointList.size() - 1));
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<Point> pointList = List.of(
                new Point(0.0, 0.0),
                new Point(1.0, 0.1),
                new Point(2.0, -0.1),
                new Point(3.0, 5.0),
                new Point(4.0, 6.0),
                new Point(5.0, 7.0),
                new Point(6.0, 8.1),
                new Point(7.0, 9.0),
                new Point(8.0, 9.0),
                new Point(9.0, 9.0)
        );
        List<Point> pointListOut = new ArrayList<>();
        ramerDouglasPeucker(pointList, 1.0, pointListOut);
        System.out.println("Points remaining after simplification:");
        pointListOut.forEach(System.out::println);
    }
}