Sphere formula
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- Subject: [mg109432] Sphere formula
- From: "S. B. Gray" <stevebg at ROADRUNNER.COM>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:05:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: stevebg at ROADRUNNER.COM
1. The center of a sphere through 4 points has a very nice determinant form. (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sphere.html) What I want is a nice formula for the center of a sphere through 3 points, where the center is in the plane of the three points. I have a formula but it's a horrible mess of hundreds of lines, even after FullSimplify. 2. (Unlikely) Is there a way to get Mathematica to put a long formula into a matrix/determinant form if there is a nice one? Any tips will be appreciated. Steve Gray