CircumscribedBall

CircumscribedBall[{p1,p2,…}]

gives a ball with minimal radius that encloses the points p1, p2, ….

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

A 2D circumscribed ball from points:

The region is the smallest ball that encloses the points:

A 3D circumscribed ball from points:

The region is the smallest ball that encloses the points:

Scope  (1)

Points  (1)

Create a 1D circumscribed ball from a set of points:

A 2D circumscribed ball:

A 3D circumscribed ball:

Properties & Relations  (3)

CircumscribedBall is the smallest Ball that encloses the points:

Use InscribedBall to get a largest Ball that lies inside the convex hull of points:

Use Circumsphere to get the Sphere that circumscribes the points:

Wolfram Research (2023), CircumscribedBall, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CircumscribedBall.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2023), CircumscribedBall, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CircumscribedBall.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2023. "CircumscribedBall." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CircumscribedBall.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2023). CircumscribedBall. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CircumscribedBall.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_circumscribedball, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CircumscribedBall}", year="2023", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CircumscribedBall.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_circumscribedball, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CircumscribedBall}, year={2023}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CircumscribedBall.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025 ]}