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curvature of a circle passing through three

Hi,

Could you please tell me the most efficient way of finding the curvature of
a circle passing through three (non-colinear) points.

Thanks a ton,
Soumyadip.
Feb 3 '06 #1
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Soumyadip Rakshit wrote:
Hi,

Could you please tell me the most efficient way of finding the curvature of
a circle passing through three (non-colinear) points.


the smart folk at comp.theory will have an answer for this questions
and others regarding general algorithmic problems.

-- peter

Feb 3 '06 #2
peter steiner wrote:
Soumyadip Rakshit wrote:
Hi,

Could you please tell me the most efficient way of finding the curvature of
a circle passing through three (non-colinear) points.

the smart folk at comp.theory will have an answer for this questions
and others regarding general algorithmic problems.


Actually, comp.graphics.a lgorithms is probably a better (more specialised)
place to ask about geometry, but, man, isn't this the simplest problem
there is? Every damn book on trigonometry has got to have the solution.
It's not even college math. How lazy does one need to be to ask questions
like that on Usenet? Come on!
Feb 3 '06 #3

"Soumyadip Rakshit" <so************ **@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:Iu******** @bath.ac.uk...
Hi,

Could you please tell me the most efficient way of finding the curvature
of a circle passing through three (non-colinear) points.

Thanks a ton,
Soumyadip.


try
alt.math
alt.math.recrea tional
Feb 3 '06 #4
"Soumyadip Rakshit" <so************ **@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:Iu******** @bath.ac.uk...
Hi,

Could you please tell me the most efficient way of finding the curvature of a circle passing through three (non-colinear) points.

Thanks a ton,
Soumyadip.


You didn't try very hard, I punched "three points on a circle" and the first
hit on goggle was
what you were looking for.
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourk...y/circlefrom3/
Feb 4 '06 #5

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