Great Circle/Examples/Earth's Surface
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Example of Great Circle
A great circle between two locations $A$ and $B$ on the surface of Earth can be used as the shortest distance to travel from $A$ to $B$.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): great circle: 2.