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👉 Haversine is a mathematical formula used to calculate the shortest distance between two points on Earth's surface. It was developed by Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia Mathematica (1687) and published in 1709. The term "haversine" comes from the Greek words "havers" meaning "sweeping" or "waving", and "nus" meaning "radius". The haversine formula is derived from the Pythagorean theorem

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👉 Haversine, also known as Haversian Radius or Haversian Distance, is a metric used to calculate the distance between two points on a sphere. It was developed by Sir Isaac Newton and is named after the Greek mathematician Proclus. The Haversine formula is derived from the law of sines for spherical geometry. The formula involves the distance d between two points (represented as R in this context) and the radius r of the sphere. The formula can be expressed using trig

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