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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,sci.math,sci.math.num-analysis
Subject: Re: Need to fit a circle to some points
Keywords: circle algorithm least-squares fit
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Date: 2 Jun 89 14:18:41 GMT
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flash@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Stephen Corbesero) writes:
> I need an algorithm to fit a set of data points, obtained
> experimentally, to the best-fit circle.

	There was an article about finding the smallest circle which just
encloses a set of points on a plane recently on the net which might be of
some interest to you.  It appeared in rec.humor.funny.  Had something to do
with sheep.
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