PROJECT EULER · #0353
Risky Moon
A moon could be described by the sphere
There are stations on the moon at the points on the surface of
All stations are connected with each other via the shortest road on the great arc through the stations. A journey between two stations is risky. If d is the length of the road between two stations,
A direct journey from the North Pole station to the South Pole station has the length
The minimal risk of a journey from the North Pole station to the South Pole station on
You are given that
Find
Give your answer rounded to
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