- * S'
- * ,'
- * ,'
- * R' ,' 2d" = |SS'| = |RR'| = 2d
- * `-._ ,'
- * `-._ ,' By congruent triangles,
- * ` M with M' = midpoint of RS,
- * ,' `-._ |MM'| = |RR'|/2 = d
- * ,' `-._
- * ,' ` S So use
- * ,' M' _ , - ' d = |MM'|
- * ,' _ , - '
- * R - '
- *
- * We choose this value for l (rather than |RM|+|MS|, say, or |RM|)
- * because we want this symmetry and because we're happy to punish
- * bending more than uneveness in the metric.