Exact minimum bounding spheres and circles

Compute exact and approximate minimum bounding spheres/circles of 3D/2D point sets
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Updated 7 Oct 2025

Cite As

Anton Semechko (2025). Exact minimum bounding spheres and circles (https://github.com/AntonSemechko/Bounding-Spheres-And-Circles/releases/tag/v1.5.1), GitHub. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2015a
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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Version Published Release Notes
1.5.1

See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/AntonSemechko/Bounding-Spheres-And-Circles/releases/tag/v1.5.1

1.5

See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/AntonSemechko/Bounding-Spheres-And-Circles/releases/tag/v1.5

1.4.0.1

Use README.md from GitHub

1.4.0.0

- migrated to GitHub

1.3.0.0

- Made changes to return parameters of minimum bounding circles instead of circumcircles for point sets representing vertices of obtuse triangles. Thanks to Yves Konkel for pointing out this bug.

1.2.0.0

- Removed minor bug pointed out by Wang Yong
- Updated 'ExactMinBoundSphere3D.m' to automatically recognize coplanar and collinear point sets
- Updated 'ExactMinBoundCircle.m' to automatically recognize collinear point sets

1.1.0.0

added a function that computes exact minimum bounding circles

1.0.0.0

To view or report issues in this GitHub add-on, visit the GitHub Repository.
To view or report issues in this GitHub add-on, visit the GitHub Repository.