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Lagrange multipliers for finding geodesics on a sphere
The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
Find the geodesics on a sphere $g(x,y,z)=x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}−1=0$
arc-length element $ds=\sqrt{dx^{2}+dy^{2}+dz^{2}}$
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Solving geodesic problems with Euler-Lagrange equation
This is the question:
Problem B.1 Two cities - Tel-Aviv, Israel and SanDiego, CA - have the same latitude 32
◦ N, but, different
longitudes: Tel-Aviv is 34
◦
E and San-Diego is 117
◦ W.
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