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The Ambiguous Cases in the Solution of Spherical Triangles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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Although the following note makes no pretence at novelty so far as the results are concerned, yet the method employed does not seem to occur in the ordinary text-books on Spherical Trigonometry. I have found this process very useful in explaining to beginners how to distinguish between the various possibilities, and I hope it may be of some interest to other teachers.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1904