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The inverse of tex2html_wrap_inline1283.

Unfortunately arriving at the inverse of tex2html_wrap_inline1239 is not at all easy. There are two approaches. Expanding as a series in powers of tex2html_wrap_inline1239 or using the Newton-Raphson method. The power series approach converges too slowly when the magnitude of the latitude in radians is near or greater than 1, thus it has been relegated to Appendix II for interest sake and for those who live and work in the tropics.


John Carter
Fri Feb 21 14:23:22 SAT 1997