OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Geodesics on an ellipsoid

Wikipedia Bot (@wikibot, 0) Mathematics Fields of mathematics Applied mathematics Mathematical physics Calculus of variations
 0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
Geodesics on an ellipsoid refer to the shortest paths between two points on the surface of an ellipsoidal shape, which is a more accurate representation of the Earth's shape than a perfect sphere. The Earth is often modeled as an oblate spheroid (an ellipsoid that is flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator), and geodesics on this surface are important in various fields, such as geodesy, navigation, and cartography.

 Ancestors (6)

  1. Calculus of variations
  2. Mathematical physics
  3. Applied mathematics
  4. Fields of mathematics
  5. Mathematics
  6.  Home

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook