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  2. Geodesics on an ellipsoid - Wikipedia

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    As can be seen from Fig. 1, these problems involve solving the triangle NAB given one angle, α 1 for the direct problem and λ 12 = λ 2 − λ 1 for the inverse problem, and its two adjacent sides. For a sphere the solutions to these problems are simple exercises in spherical trigonometry , whose solution is given by formulas for solving a ...

  3. Walk-on-spheres method - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the walk-on-spheres method (WoS) is a numerical probabilistic algorithm, or Monte-Carlo method, used mainly in order to approximate the solutions of some specific boundary value problem for partial differential equations (PDEs).

  4. Spherical trigonometry - Wikipedia

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    The sphere has a radius of 1, and so the side lengths and lower case angles are equivalent (see arc length). The angle A (respectively, B and C ) may be regarded either as the dihedral angle between the two planes that intersect the sphere at the vertex A , or, equivalently, as the angle between the tangents of the great circle arcs where they ...

  5. Brachistochrone curve - Wikipedia

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    The curve of fastest descent is not a straight or polygonal line (blue) but a cycloid (red).. In physics and mathematics, a brachistochrone curve (from Ancient Greek βράχιστος χρόνος (brákhistos khrónos) ' shortest time '), [1] or curve of fastest descent, is the one lying on the plane between a point A and a lower point B, where B is not directly below A, on which a bead ...

  6. Bounding sphere - Wikipedia

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    Some instances of the smallest bounding circle, the case of the bounding sphere in 2 dimensions.. In mathematics, given a non-empty set of objects of finite extension in -dimensional space, for example a set of points, a bounding sphere, enclosing sphere or enclosing ball for that set is a -dimensional solid sphere containing all of these objects.

  7. TRIZ - Wikipedia

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    TRIZ flowchart Contradiction matrix 40 principles of invention, principles based on TRIZ. One tool which evolved as an extension of TRIZ was a contradiction matrix. [14] The ideal final result (IFR) is the ultimate solution of a problem when the desired result is achieved by itself.

  8. Discrete global grid - Wikipedia

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    Ancient standards, before 1687 (the Newton's Principia publication), used a "reference sphere"; in nowadays the Geoid is mathematically abstracted as reference ellipsoid. A simplified Geoid: sometimes an old geodesic standard (e.g. SAD69) or a non-geodesic surface (e. g. perfectly spherical surface) must be adopted, and will be covered by the grid

  9. Great circle - Wikipedia

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    The great circle g (green) lies in a plane through the sphere's center O (black). The perpendicular line a (purple) through the center is called the axis of g, and its two intersections with the sphere, P and P ' (red), are the poles of g. Any great circle s (blue) through the poles is secondary to g. A great circle divides the sphere in two ...