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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2005-11-28 01:04:31 +0200
committerSteve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>2005-11-28 02:48:18 +0000
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parentd9693f5a0132788a53f1cc1dd4edd090cd2ff151 (diff)
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Math::Trig: blead and maint (doc patch only): s/Bay/Gulf/ and do away with bad quotes
Message-Id: <20051127210431.F1D2C6CF55@ugli.hut.fi> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@26219
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diff --git a/lib/Math/Trig.pm b/lib/Math/Trig.pm
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--- a/lib/Math/Trig.pm
+++ b/lib/Math/Trig.pm
@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ based on a sphere surface. The radius of the sphere is B<rho>, also
known as the I<radial> coordinate. The angle in the I<xy>-plane
(around the I<z>-axis) is B<theta>, also known as the I<azimuthal>
coordinate. The angle from the I<z>-axis is B<phi>, also known as the
-I<polar> coordinate. The `North Pole' is therefore I<0, 0, rho>, and
-the `Bay of Guinea' (think of the missing big chunk of Africa) I<0,
+I<polar> coordinate. The North Pole is therefore I<0, 0, rho>, and
+the Gulf of Guinea (think of the missing big chunk of Africa) I<0,
pi/2, rho>. In geographical terms I<phi> is latitude (northward
positive, southward negative) and I<theta> is longitude (eastward
positive, westward negative).