Area of Intersection between Two Circles

Question

Given two circles:

• C1 at (x1, y1) with radius1
• C2 at (x2, y2) with radius2

How do you calculate the area of their intersection? All standard math functions (sin, cos, etc.) are available, of course.

Answer 1

Okay, using the Wolfram link and Misnomer's cue to look at equation 14, I have derived the following Java solution using the variables I listed and the distance between the centers (which can trivially be derived from them):

Double r = radius1;
Double R = radius2;
Double d = distance;
if(R < r){
    // swap
    r = radius2;
    R = radius1;
}
Double part1 = r*r*Math.acos((d*d + r*r - R*R)/(2*d*r));
Double part2 = R*R*Math.acos((d*d + R*R - r*r)/(2*d*R));
Double part3 = 0.5*Math.sqrt((-d+r+R)*(d+r-R)*(d-r+R)*(d+r+R));

Double intersectionArea = part1 + part2 - part3;