A modification of Graham's algorithm for determining the convex hull of a finite planar set.
We study the maximum possible number of intersections of the boundaries of a simple -gon with a simple -gon in the plane for . To determine the number is quite easy and known when or is even but still remains open for and both odd. We improve (for ) the easy upper bound to and obtain exact bounds for
We prove sharp estimates on the expected number of windings of a simple random walk on the square or triangular lattice. This gives new lower bounds on the averaged Dehn function, which measures the expected area needed to fill a random curve with a disc.