Spherical Defect

Let , , and be the sides of a spherical triangle, then the spherical defect is defined as

See also

Angular Defect, Spherical Excess, Spherical Triangle

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References

Harris, J. W. and Stocker, H. Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 109, 1998.

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