From:	alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Alaric B. Williams)
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Subject:	Re: bounding circle vs. bounding boxes
Date:	Sun, 02 Mar 1997 14:17:48 GMT
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On Sun, 2 Mar 1997 00:03:38 GMT, Francois Charton
<deef AT pobox DOT oleane DOT com> wrote:

>3/ I think (didn't prove it though) that G is the center of the "best 
>circle", you can then calculate the radius by finding the point M_i 
>furthest from it (if it is the optimum, there should be either 2 points 
>on the circle, which form a diameter, or 3 points on the circle

Surely all the points could be on the circle?

Anyway, I guess this should really going in comp.graphics.algorithms
or something like that. Isn't this a FAQ there? Been a while since I
read that group.


ABW
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