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Supplementary Solid Angles for Trihedron

point A
θ
1.047
point B
θ
1.047
ϕ
1.083
solid angle
edges of supplementary
solid angle
supplementary solid angle
additional labels
This Demonstration constructs a supplementary solid angle for a given trihedral solid angle. Let
OA
,
OB
and
OC
be the edges of a trihedron that determines the solid angle. The plane angles opposite the edges are denoted
a
,
b
,
c
and the dihedral angles at the edges are denoted
A
,
B
,
C
. Let
O'
be a point inside the trihedron and denote its orthogonal projections onto the faces of the trihedron by
A'
,
B'
and
C'
. Then
O'A'
,
O'B'
and
O'C'
are edges of a trihedron that determines the supplementary space angle.
The plane angles of the supplementary angle are
π-A
,
π-B
and
π-C
, and its dihedral angles are
π-a
,
π-b
and
π-c
.
The measure of the initial trihedral angle is
A+B+C-π
(the spherical excess formula for a trihedron), while the measure of its supplementary angle is
2π-(A+B+C)=(π-A)+(π-B)+(π-C)-π
.
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