On Jan 7, 9:28 pm, Markw65 <[email protected]> wrote: > For the last example I gave you, Mike's center of gravity isnt even > *in* the triangle (its *miles* away). You cant put a string through > the triangle to hang it, let alone see if it balances!
Mike's example is valid for triangles, not necessarily for other shapes. Your example is not a triangle. (degenerate or not) The "flattened" triangle would have an internal angle sum of 180 degrees, but the definition states that a spherical triangle has an internal angle sum greater than 180 and smaller than 540 degrees. (between pi and 3 pi radians). If you draw a proper spherical triangle and do the experiment, Mike's formula gives you a point, inside the triangle, through which to pass the string and it balances. -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
