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Spherical Wedge


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The volume of a spherical wedge is

 V=2/3r^3theta.

The surface area of the corresponding spherical lune is

 S=2r^2theta.

See also

Sphere, Spherical Cap, Spherical Lune, Spherical Sector, Spherical Segment, Ungula, Wedge

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References

Harris, J. W. and Stocker, H. "Spherical Wedge." §4.8.6 in Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 108, 1998.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Spherical Wedge." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SphericalWedge.html

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