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From: poirier@dg-rtp.dg.com (Charles Poirier)
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Subject: Re: smallest sphere enclosing a set of points
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Date: 21 Dec 89 22:08:06 GMT
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In article <AFOIANI.89Dec8103642@dante.nmsu.EDU> afoiani@nmsu.EDU (Anthony Foiani) writes:
>The _smallest_ sphere enclosing three points is the sphere which hits
>those three points [non-colinearity assumed, of course].

This is only true if the triangle has no angle > 90 degreees.

	Cheers,
	Charles Poirier