Second intersection of a sphere and a line #
This file defines and proves basic results about the second intersection of a sphere with a line through a point on that sphere.
Main definitions #
EuclideanGeometry.Sphere.secondInter
is the second intersection of a sphere with a line through a point on that sphere.
The second intersection of a sphere with a line through a point on that sphere; that point
if it is the only point of intersection of the line with the sphere. The intended use of this
definition is when p ∈ s
; the definition does not use s.radius
, so in general it returns
the second intersection with the sphere through p
and with center s.center
.
Equations
Instances For
The distance between secondInter
and the center equals the distance between the original
point and the center.
The point given by secondInter
lies on the sphere.
If the vector is zero, secondInter
gives the original point.
The point given by secondInter
equals the original point if and only if the line is
orthogonal to the radius vector.
A point on a line through a point on a sphere equals that point or secondInter
.
secondInter
is unchanged by multiplying the vector by a nonzero real.
secondInter
is unchanged by negating the vector.
Applying secondInter
twice returns the original point.
If the vector passed to secondInter
is given by a subtraction involving the point in
secondInter
, the result of secondInter
may be expressed using lineMap
.
If the vector passed to secondInter
is given by a subtraction involving the point in
secondInter
, the result lies in the span of the two points.
If the vector passed to secondInter
is given by a subtraction involving the point in
secondInter
, the three points are collinear.
If the vector passed to secondInter
is given by a subtraction involving the point in
secondInter
, and the second point is not outside the sphere, the second point is weakly
between the first point and the result of secondInter
.
If the vector passed to secondInter
is given by a subtraction involving the point in
secondInter
, and the second point is inside the sphere, the second point is strictly between
the first point and the result of secondInter
.