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Get a numerical result for this calculation?

Posted 7 years ago

I get this kind of output:

In[1]:= ae = 6378137.0
eps2 = 0.00669437999014
eps = Sqrt[eps2]
phivec = 45
lam = 0
h = 1000.
phi = phivec*pi/180 // N
Q = ae/Sqrt[1 - eps2* Sin[phi]^2] // N

Out[1]= 6.37814*10^6

Out[2]= 0.00669438

Out[3]= 0.0818192

Out[4]= 45

Out[5]= 0

Out[6]= 1000.

Out[7]= 0.25 pi

Out[8]= 6.37814*10^6/Sqrt[1. - 0.00669438 Sin[0.25 pi]^2]
POSTED BY: Gordon Dryden

Dear Gordon,

I am not really sure what your question is and your code is kind of difficult to decipher. Also I need to make assumption such as that your pi is actually Pi. But if I do that something like this comes out:

ae = 6378137.0 ;
eps2 = 0.00669437999014; 
eps = Sqrt[eps2]; 
phivec = 45; 
lam = 0; 
h = 1000.; 
phi = phivec*Pi/180 // N;
Q = ae/Sqrt[1 - eps2*Sin[phi]^2] // N

That gives the "single number": 6.38884*10^6.

Cheers,

Marco

POSTED BY: Marco Thiel
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