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No perfect circles in space...
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RE: No perfect circles in space...
July 21, 2018 at 11:23 pm (This post was last modified: July 21, 2018 at 11:24 pm by Jehanne.)
As I said, a geodesic is a "path"; it can, of course, be a circle.  It does not have to be, and I did not intend to imply such.

P.S. An "arc" can be a straight line, just with zero curvature.
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No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 21, 2018 at 10:02 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Anomalocaris - July 21, 2018 at 10:04 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 21, 2018 at 12:16 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 21, 2018 at 11:17 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Anomalocaris - July 21, 2018 at 11:32 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 21, 2018 at 11:54 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Anomalocaris - July 21, 2018 at 12:30 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 21, 2018 at 12:37 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 21, 2018 at 12:46 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 21, 2018 at 1:54 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 21, 2018 at 10:12 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by robvalue - July 21, 2018 at 1:11 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Angrboda - July 21, 2018 at 4:13 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Little lunch - July 21, 2018 at 6:39 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by brewer - July 21, 2018 at 4:30 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 21, 2018 at 11:23 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 22, 2018 at 12:38 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 22, 2018 at 12:56 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 22, 2018 at 6:26 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 22, 2018 at 8:18 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Anomalocaris - July 22, 2018 at 9:09 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 22, 2018 at 9:24 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by robvalue - July 22, 2018 at 3:36 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 22, 2018 at 7:49 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 22, 2018 at 8:12 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Anomalocaris - July 22, 2018 at 9:22 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 22, 2018 at 10:30 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 23, 2018 at 7:58 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 23, 2018 at 8:46 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 23, 2018 at 10:22 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 23, 2018 at 12:28 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by I_am_not_mafia - July 23, 2018 at 8:09 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Anomalocaris - July 23, 2018 at 10:50 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 23, 2018 at 11:51 am
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 23, 2018 at 12:47 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 23, 2018 at 12:57 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 23, 2018 at 1:20 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 23, 2018 at 1:25 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 23, 2018 at 1:40 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by polymath257 - July 23, 2018 at 1:54 pm
RE: No perfect circles in space... - by Jehanne - July 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm

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