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  1. From: jimd@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Jim Donnelly)
  2. Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:14:00 GMT
  3. Subject: Ellipsoid formula wanted
  4. Message-ID: <148960001@hpcvra.cv.hp.com>
  5. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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  7. Newsgroups: sci.math
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  11. Apologies if this is absurdly simple, but:
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  13. Does anyone have a formula for the surface area of an ellipsoid
  14. given unequal length semi-axes a,b, and c?
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  16. Thanks in advance!
  17.  
  18. Jim Donnelly
  19. jimd@cv.hp.com
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