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Problem: Smallest sphere including all 3D points

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• Subject: [mg16471] Problem: Smallest sphere including all 3D points
• From: "Barthelet, Luc" <lucb at ea.com>
• Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 02:22:06 -0500
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

	 
I was just asked by a friend how to find the smallest sphere that
 would include all points from a set of 3D points.
It feels like finding a 3D convex hull and then finding the best sphere (??)
I would appreciate any complete solution or best set of pointers...
	 
	 	Thank you,
	 
	 	Luc Barthelet
	 	General manager, Maxis
	 	http://www.simcity.com <http://www.simcity.com>  (we are
#1!)
	 
	 

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