In this note, we revisit the following problem: Given a convex polygon P, find the largest-area inscribed triangle. We show by example that the linear-time algorithm presented  by Dobkin and Snyder for solving this problem fails. We then proceed to show that with a small adaptation, their approach does lead to a quadratic-time algorithm. We also present a more involved O(n log n) time divide-and-conquer algorithm.  Finally, we discuss the implications of this discovery on the literature.
We revisit the following problem: Given a convex polygon P, find the largest-area inscribed triangle. We show by example that the linear-time algorithm presented in 1979 by Dobkin and Snyder for solving this problem fails. We then proceed to show that with a small adaptation, their approach does lead to a quadratic-time algorithm. We also present a more involved O(n \log n) time divide-and-conquer algorithm. Also we show by example that the algorithm presented in 1979 by Dobkin and Snyder for finding the largest-area k-gon that is inscribed in a convex polygon fails to find the optimal solution for k=4. Finally, we discuss the implications of our discoveries on the literature.
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