MATLAB: Where can I find the article “Finding the Best-Fit Circle” that was published in The MathWorks Newsletter

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I'm looking for the following article from The MathWorks Newsletter. Please send me a copy.

[1] GRUNTZ, D., Finding the "Best Fit" Circle, The Math Works Newsletter, Vol. 1, p. 5, 1990.

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Attached is a scanned copy of the article.

In general, the more recent versions of our newsletters, e.g. "MATLAB Digest" and "MathWorks News&Notes" (formerly known as "The MathWorks Newsletter"), can be found or searched within the "Technical Articles and Newsletters" section of our website. However, in case you are not able to find a specific such article at this website (as was the case this time), feel free to reach out to MathWorks Technical Support.

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