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Re: Spherical triangles versus plane triangles
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2025 Sep 17, 13:51 -0700
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2025 Sep 17, 13:51 -0700
Mentioning the "ellipsoidal distance" in connection with this probem, reminds me a joke which my math professor told to a freshman class in a similar situation:
In the archeological museum, a guide says: "This mummy is 4003 years old". A visitor asks: "Interesting! How could this be determined with such accuracy?" The guide replies: "When they hired me here, they told me that it is 4000 years old. This was 3 years ago".
Alex.
