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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!dutrun!dutiws!dutiag!lee
- From: lee@dutiag.tudelft.nl (Marcel van der Lee)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Contents of n-dimensional sphere.
- Keywords: n-dimensional sphere.
- Message-ID: <lee.715264502@dutiag>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 12:35:02 GMT
- Sender: news@dutiws.tudelft.nl
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- Hello,
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- There exists a formula to compute the contents of an n-dimensional sphere.
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- pi^(n/2)
- C(n) = ------------- r^n
- gamma(n/2+1)
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- Where C denotes the contents, n denotes the dimension and r the radius of
- the sphere. I am wondering why the gamma function occurs in this formula.
- If you have a proof or a good reference, please post it on Newsnet or send
- it by e-mail to me.
- Thanks.
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- Marcel van der Lee -- lee@dutiaa.tudelft.nl
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