Obtaining Geom_SphericalSurface Center and Radius Data

jomyfrancis19
Thu, 02/25/2010 - 02:40

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Hi All,

I wanted to know as to if there is some way to get the
OUTPUT: as radius and center of a Sphere, when the input is,
INPUT: four arbitrary points on the surface of the spherical surface.

Also, I do not want to generate a Spherical surface but only want to calculate the radius value and center point of the sphere by inputting 4 points on the surface of the sphere.

Thanks in Advance

God Bless

Tilman Leune
Thu, 02/25/2010 - 09:52

This article on mathworld could be a starting point.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sphere.html

Scroll down to the bottom, where you will find a sphere-matrix-equation which might be helpful (Although I don't excatly understand the maths behind it)

jomyfrancis19
Fri, 02/26/2010 - 05:39

Thank You