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best fit 3D vector to points with a miss-distance specified

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• Subject: [mg22761] best fit 3D vector to points with a miss-distance specified
• From: "Jim Fanning" <j-squaredllc at worldnet.att.net>
• Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 03:28:11 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I would like to use Mathematica to solve for a vector in three dimensions
that best fits a set of data points where the points are given by {x,y,z,r}.
Where "x,y,z" is the data point location and "r" is the miss-distance from
the data point to the vector.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Jim

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