[PLUG] attention geometry geeks
Russell Senior
seniorr at aracnet.com
Thu Apr 29 01:51:01 UTC 2004
>>>>> "Russell" == Russell Senior <seniorr at aracnet.com> writes:
Russell> For a cross-section of the planar case, see:
Russell> <http://www.aracnet.com/~seniorr/indented-plane.png>
Russell> In region III, the computation is easy, just the distance to
Russell> the inside of the sphere, which is the distance PQ (remember,
Russell> P is the arbitrary point, not shown in the figure) minus the
Russell> radius of the sphere, r. In regions I and II, the nearest
Russell> distance is to points R or S, respectively.
Oops. I was right so far, ...
Russell> Above and to either side of those regions, the nearest
Russell> distance is the same as to the unindented surface.
... and "either side" is okay, but "above" part is incorrect. Above
regions I and II, the nearest distance is to points R or S,
respectively. The vertical lines in my figure should extend upwards
indefinitely. And, obviously, there is symmetry so regions I and II
are equivalent.
--
Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.''
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