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To: lawdude
No, I got my degree in abstract mathematics, specializing in non euclidian geometry on a sphere, and never heard of a great circle.

Not once.

183 posted on 07/06/2006 7:25:02 PM PDT by patton (LGOPs = head toward the noise, kill anyone not dressed like you.)
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To: patton

That would be Riemann geometry.


185 posted on 07/06/2006 7:26:43 PM PDT by FMBass (“Now that I’m sober I watch a lot of news” – Garofalo: From “Treason” by Coulter)
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To: patton
No, I got my degree in abstract mathematics, specializing in non euclidian geometry on a sphere, and never heard of a great circle.

I don't know what that means, but, it sure looks pretty.

194 posted on 07/06/2006 7:33:23 PM PDT by processing please hold (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: patton

Navigation with the Great circle is different than mahtematics.


224 posted on 07/06/2006 7:51:56 PM PDT by Mark Koch (A thitch in time saves nine.)
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