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Mercator's Rhumb Lines: A Multivariable Application of Arc Length
by Edward Miller and John Nord
This article originally appeared in:College Mathematics Journal
November, 1996
Subject classification(s): Functions of Several Variables | Several Variable Calculus | Calculus
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Rhumb lines on a sphere correspond to straight lines on a Mercator projection. The author parameterizes the rhumb line on a sphere and finds its length.
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