A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

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A geodesic on a convex surface is a curve on the surface that is “locally straight”. For example, a geodesic curve on a sphere is a great circle, meaning a circle whose radius is the same as the radi…

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