05-28-2019, 04:00 PM | #11 |
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Re: [Space] Mapping Large Flat Areas
Here's something that might be of interest:
Average distance between two randomly-chosen points in a unit square.
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05-28-2019, 04:02 PM | #12 |
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Re: [Space] Mapping Large Flat Areas
If you have hyperspace coordinates in the form (x,y) for two planets, the calculation for distance between them is d=√((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2).
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05-28-2019, 04:07 PM | #13 | |
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05-28-2019, 04:59 PM | #14 |
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Re: [Space] Mapping Large Flat Areas
I don't know the answer to this problem, but here's what I understand it to be:
We have a two-dimensional space (so x,y co-ordinates) upon which are scattered a large number of points, at random. How do we determine the average distance between closest neighbours?
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05-28-2019, 05:16 PM | #17 |
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Re: [Space] Mapping Large Flat Areas
Reading that box, and seeing where the formula came from, I think that the 2D equivalent would be based off the area of a circle, etc. rather than volume, and would thus come out at about: 0.8 x (A/N)^0.5
I could be utterly wrong, though.
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