Re: Cirlce in 3D?
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- Subject: [mg132727] Re: Cirlce in 3D?
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 22:27:14 -0400 (EDT)
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c33 returns the center of a circle thru 3 points in 3 dimensions.
c33[{p1_,p2_,p3_}] := With[{q1 = p1-p3, q2 = p2-p3, q3 = p1-p2},
p3 + ((q2.q2)*(q3.q1)*q1 - (q1.q1)*(q3.q2)*q2)/(2 #.# & @ Cross[q1,q2])]
c33 is a closed-form version of c3n, which returns
the center of a circle thru 3 points in n dimensions.
c3n[{p1_,p2_,p3_}] := Block[{q1 = p1-p3, q2 = p2-p3, c,w1,w2},
c = w1*q1 + w2*q2; p3 + c /. Flatten@Solve[
{c.c == #.#&[q1-c], c.c == #.#&[q2-c]},{w1,w2}]]
----- Ste[hen Gray <stevebg at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a neat formula to find the center of a circle in 3D
> through 3 points. I also need a good way to display it, preferably
> thickened so I can show several and see whether they are linked, etc. To
> my surprise I did not find anything on the Wolfram sites about these
> problems. (I have Mathematica 7, if that matters.)