Approximating the Length of Viviani's Curve

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The positive part of Viviani's curve is the intersection of the hemisphere ,
, and the cylinder
. Using a partition of the circumference
,
we construct a polygon that approximates the length of the curve. The exact value is
, where
is the complete elliptic integral function.
Contributed by: Pablo Alberca Bjerregaard (University of Malaga, Spain) (March 2011)
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Published: March 7 2011