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From: Matt J on 30 Jun 2010 16:04
"Kevin " <kablack(a)umich.edu> wrote in message <i0g60c$afg$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> How could this method be used for finding if a point was located beneath a surface. Such as a matrix of points?
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I doubt it could.

In the case of a surface, you would need to first find an equation that describes the surface and fits the points. In the case of the line segment, that's trivial, because it is straightforward how to fit a line segment to 2 points.

Once you have your surface equation c(x)=0, determining whether a point P lies in, under, or above the surface is a matter of looking at the sign of c(P).
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