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Re: Rigorous v Approximate methods
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2002 Oct 15, 05:28 +0000
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2002 Oct 15, 05:28 +0000
Kieran Kelly wrote: > I am attempting to write a paper on historical navigation methods using > Lunar Distances and have come across numerous examples of sight reduction > using a rigorous method as outlined in both Norie and Raper. However they do > not say what is rigorous about the method and how it compares to the > approximate methods also mentioned in both texts. There is no rigorous definition for what a "rigorous method" is. For a first order approximation see Ian Kalivoda's postings on this list. Regards Herbert Prinz
