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Re: CALCULATION OF AREA ON A SPHERE [message #19265 is a reply to message #19054]

Mon, 28 February 2000 00:00

Tim Cross
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Registered: November 1999

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Stein Vidar Hagfors Haugan wrote:
>
> Tim Cross <timc@boulder.vni.com> writes:
>
>> Med Bennett wrote:
>>>
>>> Great circles on the sphere are the analogs of straight lines in the
>>> plane. Such curves are often called geodesics. A spherical triangle is a
>>> region of the sphere bounded by three arcs of geodesics.
>>>
>>> 1.Do any two distinct points on the sphere determine a unique geodesic?
>>
>> Yes. Years ago, I could prove it.
>
> Funny, I'd like to see that proof.
>
> What's the unique geodesic connecting the north and south poles :-?

OUCH!!!! See how fast the memory fades?

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		Re: CALCULATION OF AREA ON A SPHERE By: Ben Tupper on Wed, 23 February 2000 00:00
		Re: CALCULATION OF AREA ON A SPHERE By: davidf on Tue, 22 February 2000 00:00
		Re: CALCULATION OF AREA ON A SPHERE By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 22 February 2000 00:00
		Re: CALCULATION OF AREA ON A SPHERE By: Med Bennett on Tue, 22 February 2000 00:00
		Re: CALCULATION OF AREA ON A SPHERE By: Tim Cross on Thu, 24 February 2000 00:00
		Re: CALCULATION OF AREA ON A SPHERE By: Tim Cross on Mon, 28 February 2000 00:00
		Re: CALCULATION OF AREA ON A SPHERE By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Mon, 28 February 2000 00:00
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