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Re: Azimuth and Declination formulae
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2005 Jul 20, 07:36 -0700
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2005 Jul 20, 07:36 -0700
Peter Fogg wrote: >>From: Lu Abel >> >>Versines and haversines can also be expressed in terms of sine squared, >>vers (x) = 2 sin^^2 (x/2). >> > > > Is this written correctly? What does ^^ signify? Preferably with an example; > eg, 3^2 = 9. What would 3^^2 equal? Sorry, my mistake: Should have been a single ^, meaning exponent. Lu PS - interestingly, although my reply is displaying your eg as 3-carat-2 = 9, my mail reader's display of your original message dropped the ^ and showed the 2 as an exponent!