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FindMinimum and the minimum-radius circle (2)

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• Subject: [mg50145] FindMinimum and the minimum-radius circle (2)
• From: Thomas E Burton <tburton at brahea.com>
• Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:01:30 -0400 (EDT)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

(See thread "Smalest enclosing circle".)

I'd better correct my sloppy reference to a "triangle" in the last 
post. The contour of radius r surrounding the solution governed by 3 
points is a 3-sided closed curve consisting of arcs of radius r, a 
generalization of the Reuleaux triangle where the generating triangle, 
that connecting the three points, is not regular.

Tom Burton