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minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoCan you do that for any 3 points on a surface?
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOh right, this only works in 2D. You would need to have a sphere. Checkmate atheists
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agouse the 3 points to choose a plane and then use the 3 points to outline a circle
minus-squarejuliebean@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoit definitely works for planes and spheres. my intuition says it wouldn’t work on all surfaces though, and in particular would probably break down around saddle points.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSo long as they’re not in a straight line, yeah (as it says as at the bottom of the post).
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoWhoa whoa whoa… There is a bottom of the post?
Can you do that for any 3 points on a surface?
Flat earth confirmed
Oh right, this only works in 2D. You would need to have a sphere. Checkmate atheists
use the 3 points to choose a plane and then use the 3 points to outline a circle
it definitely works for planes and spheres. my intuition says it wouldn’t work on all surfaces though, and in particular would probably break down around saddle points.
So long as they’re not in a straight line, yeah (as it says as at the bottom of the post).
Whoa whoa whoa…
There is a bottom of the post?