haversine formula

formula for the great-circle distance between two points on a sphere
Intangible formula Q587172
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haversine formula

Summary

haversine formula is a formula[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of formula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (977 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • haversine formula's instance of is recorded as formula[3].
  • haversine is named after haversine formula[4].
  • haversine formula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t3v1[5].
  • haversine formula's main subject is recorded as great-circle distance[6].
  • haversine formula's defining formula is recorded as \operatorname{hav}(\Theta)=\operatorname{hav} (\varphi_2-\varphi_1)+\cos(\varphi_1)\cos (\varphi_2)\operatorname{hav}(\lambda_2-\lambda _1)[7].
  • haversine formula's Quora topic ID is recorded as Haversine-Formula[8].
  • haversine formula's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[9].
  • haversine formula's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 35728795[10].

Why It Matters

haversine formula ranks in the top 1% of formula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (977 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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