source 2007 Bernstein--Birkner--Lange--Peters parameter a3 assume a3 = 3 a compute ZZZ2 = Z2 ZZ2 compute ZZZ1 = Z1 ZZ1 compute A = X2 ZZ1-X1 ZZ2 compute B = Y2 ZZZ1-Y1 ZZZ2 compute AA = A^2 compute C = (Z2+A)^2-ZZ2-AA compute CC = C^2 compute CC8 = 8 CC compute D = X1 CC8 compute Z3 = (Z1+C)^2-ZZ1-CC compute E = Z3^2 compute X3 = 16(B^2-A AA)-D-a3 E compute Y3 = 2 B(D-2 X3)-Y1 C CC8 compute ZZ3 = E