8 Nov
2010
8 Nov
'10
2:21 p.m.
On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
Just remember that depends on Euclidean Geometry. In other geometries (say very large circles on the surface of the earth) the ratio is different.
There aren't terribly many useful non-Euclidean geometries for which there is a "the ratio". Spherical geometry is not one of them.
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Michael hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
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