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  2. Spherical segment - Wikipedia

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    The surface of the spherical segment (excluding the bases) is called spherical zone. Geometric parameters for spherical segment. If the radius of the sphere is called R , the radii of the spherical segment bases are a and b , and the height of the segment (the distance from one parallel plane to the other) called h , then the volume of the ...

  3. Spherical cap - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a spherical cap or spherical dome is a portion of a sphere or of a ball cut off by a plane. It is also a spherical segment of one base, i.e., bounded by a single plane. If the plane passes through the center of the sphere (forming a great circle ), so that the height of the cap is equal to the radius of the sphere, the spherical ...

  4. Volume of an n-ball - Wikipedia

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    The volume of the n-ball () can be computed by integrating the volume element in spherical coordinates. The spherical coordinate system has a radial coordinate r and angular coordinates φ 1, …, φ n − 1, where the domain of each φ except φ n − 1 is [0, π), and the domain of φ n − 1 is [0, 2 π). The spherical volume element is:

  5. Napkin ring problem - Wikipedia

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    Reprint of 1935 edition. A problem on page 101 describes the shape formed by a sphere with a cylinder removed as a "napkin ring" and asks for a proof that the volume is the same as that of a sphere with diameter equal to the length of the hole. Pólya, George (1990), Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, Vol.

  6. n-sphere - Wikipedia

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    Spherical volume and area elements ... The question of whether it has a complex structure is known as the Hopf problem, after ... draw a segment between each point on ...

  7. Spherical sector - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a spherical sector, [1] also known as a spherical cone, [2] is a portion of a sphere or of a ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere. It can be described as the union of a spherical cap and the cone formed by the center of the sphere and the base of the cap.

  8. Spherical wedge - Wikipedia

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    Hart (2009) [3] states that the "volume of a spherical wedge is to the volume of the sphere as the number of degrees in the [angle of the wedge] is to 360". Hence, and through derivation of the spherical wedge volume formula, it can be concluded that, if V s is the volume of the sphere and V w is the volume of a given spherical wedge,

  9. Solid angle - Wikipedia

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    The magnitude of an object's solid angle in steradians is equal to the area of the segment of a unit sphere, centered at the apex, that the object covers. Giving the area of a segment of a unit sphere in steradians is analogous to giving the length of an arc of a unit circle in radians. Just as the magnitude of a plane angle in radians at the ...