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% Compute the surface area of an ellipsoid of revolution. If a = c it returns the surface area of a sphere using the exact formula for a sphere. Type SurfaceAreaEllipsoidRevolution for a demo of almost a unit sphere. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: s = SurfaceAreaEllipsoidRevolution( a, c ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ a (1,1) Semi-major axis c (1,1) Semi-major axis ------- Outputs ------- s (1,1) Surface area -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsoid --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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