Shape Operator by Jason Merrill personal blog
Sunset Geometry (2016)
Robert Vanderbei has written a beautiful series of articles and talks about a method for finding the radius of the earth based on a single photograph of a sunset over a large, calm lake.
- Points
- 153
- HN comments
- 56
- Submissions
- 3
- Cited by
- 3 commenters
Math & AlgorithmsGames & Graphics2021
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2021 | Sunset Geometry (2016) by johndcook | 153 | 30 |
| Mar 15, 2025 | Sunset Geometry (2016) by Tomte | 110 | 21 |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Sunset Geometry (2016) by niklasbuschmann | 89 | 5 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 13 Hacker News comments by 3 different people, from Dec 2016 to Nov 2021.
Most recent:
- jacobolus · Nov 3, 2021
- jwmerrill · Oct 23, 2019
- jacobolus · Apr 11, 2019
- jacobolus · Jan 7, 2019
- GregBuchholz · Sep 9, 2017
- GregBuchholz · Sep 4, 2017
