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As its name implies, spherical trigonometry is concerned with the solution of triangles on the surface of a sphere. It has developed from astronomy and navigation, with the task of determining he positions of points and the distances between them and also angles on the celestial sphere or on the surface of the earth, regarded as a sphere. The basis of the Gauss-Krüger coordinates, which are important in surveying, is also obtained from astronomical measurements.
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Gellert, W., Gottwald, S., Hellwich, M., Kästner, H., Küstner, H. (1975). Spherical trigonometry. In: Gellert, W., Gottwald, S., Hellwich, M., Kästner, H., Küstner, H. (eds) The VNR Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6982-0_13
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