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Greetings!
First things first, I am an archaelogist not mathematician, so bear with me. I need to know perimeter of pear-shaped curve as described in here http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Pear-ShapedCurve.html. This shape is typical to Roman water pipes and I try to calculate volumetric flow rate inside piping system in Pompeii. For this I need length of perimeter for this shape. I understand that this is not possible to solve computionally and question is how can I do that? Specifically I am looking for a solution that can be implemented by programming. I would be very gratefully for any help or hints to correct solution. Reasonable approximation is sufficient to my purpose, but as accurate as possible is, of course, better. If needed I can give additional information.
Thank you all!
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First things first, I am an archaelogist not mathematician, so bear with me. I need to know perimeter of pear-shaped curve as described in here http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Pear-ShapedCurve.html. This shape is typical to Roman water pipes and I try to calculate volumetric flow rate inside piping system in Pompeii. For this I need length of perimeter for this shape. I understand that this is not possible to solve computionally and question is how can I do that? Specifically I am looking for a solution that can be implemented by programming. I would be very gratefully for any help or hints to correct solution. Reasonable approximation is sufficient to my purpose, but as accurate as possible is, of course, better. If needed I can give additional information.
Thank you all!
Television