Circle-Circle Intersection
المؤلف:
Sloane, N. J. A
المصدر:
Sequence A133741 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."
الجزء والصفحة:
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Circle-Circle Intersection
Two circles may intersect in two imaginary points, a single degenerate point, or two distinct points.
The intersections of two circles determine a line known as the radical line. If three circles mutually intersect in a single point, their point of intersection is the intersection of their pairwise radical lines, known as the radical center.
Let two circles of radii 
and 
and centered at 
and 
intersect in a region shaped like an asymmetric lens. The equations of the two circles are
Combining (1) and (2) gives
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(3)
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Multiplying through and rearranging gives
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(4)
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Solving for 
results in
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(5)
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The chord connecting the cusps of the lens therefore has half-length 
given by plugging 
back in to obtain
Solving for 
and plugging back in to give the entire chord length 
then gives
This same formulation applies directly to the sphere-sphere intersection problem.
To find the area of the asymmetric "lens" in which the circles intersect, simply use the formula for the circular segment of radius 
and triangular height 
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(10)
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twice, one for each half of the "lens." Noting that the heights of the two segment triangles are
The result is
The limiting cases of this expression can be checked to give 0 when 
and
when 
, as expected.
In order for half the area of two unit disks (
) to overlap, set 
in the above equation
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(17)
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and solve numerically, yielding 
(OEIS A133741).
If three symmetrically placed equal circles intersect in a single point, as illustrated above, the total area of the three lens-shaped regions formed by the pairwise intersection of circles is given by
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(18)
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Similarly, the total area of the four lens-shaped regions formed by the pairwise intersection of circles is given by
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(19)
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REFERENCES:
Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A133741 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."
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