cut corretly

sure they do

that is correct

im not trying to bring some complicated math when i can see each section curves the same amount

ok so how do we use this regarding the earth

forget earth

i saw you guys debating how the earth curve is calculated

Why are we forgetting the earth

ok go ahead with earth lol

each section curves the same amount in the pizza its not getting squared

You asked for a formula that works for the whole sphere

i still dont think the formula involved squaring anything

b/c that's an approximation of the proper formulat

only valid over a certain distance

It's just a simpler formula

Surveyors use it

literally i hired a surveyor to come survey my property he was a freemason so is my dentist

im not saying its a big conspiracy lol

just they were free masons thats all

So do you understand the equations now

no

I'll summarize

h is amount of curve, d is distance away from where you start

h=8*d^2 is one equation

h=R[1-cos(d/R)] is another equation

the 2nd is more accurate

the first is good for several hundred miles

the first is a parabola, the 2nd is a circl

the 2nd is more accurate

the first is close, for small values of d

si the second on exponential

What is the significance of the first being parabolic?

a parabola is not a circle, thus it can't be used to accurately represent a circle

ok is the second formula exponential

Why not?

@jeremy the 2nd is a trig function, not exponential

@AstralSentient well it is accurate 'enough' over the short distances, but it doesn't match a circle, it's a different shape

no more than a zigzag represents a straight line

I'm not quite sure of the context. You mean parabola on a graph with horizontal distance and vertical drop as your inputs or just that the tangent line from the curve giving h= 8d^2 makes a parabola?

both of what you said are teh same thing

No they aren't, one is a visual example, another is a coordinate plane graph