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- ; This problem is to find the minimum distance from a plane to an ellipsoid.
- ; Mercury takes a long time on this.
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- MINIMIZE F
- x^2 + 2 y^2 + 3 z^2 = 20 ; ellipsoid
- 3 u + 4 v + 3 w = 54 ; plane
- F = (x - u)^2 + (y - v)^2 + (z - w)^2 ; square of distance
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- ; exact solution is: x = 3 , y = 2 , z = 1
- ; u = 6 , v = 6 , w = 4
- ; F = 34
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- { starting values }
- x := 0
- y := 0
- z := 0
- u := 8
- v := 8
- w := 8
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- DIGITS 6
- PROGRESS x
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