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diff --git a/src/edu/berkeley/qfat/geom/Triangle.java b/src/edu/berkeley/qfat/geom/Triangle.java
index df7c463..18c73a0 100644
--- a/src/edu/berkeley/qfat/geom/Triangle.java
+++ b/src/edu/berkeley/qfat/geom/Triangle.java
@@ -1,48 +1,47 @@
 package edu.berkeley.qfat.geom;
 import javax.media.opengl.*;
 
+/**
+ *  an oriented triangle, defined by three points in clockwise order.
+ */
 public abstract class Triangle implements HasBoundingBox {
     public abstract Point p1();
     public abstract Point p2();
     public abstract Point p3();
 
+    /** the face normal vector */
     public Vec norm() {
         return p2().minus(p1()).cross(p3().minus(p1())).norm();
     }
+
+    /** the area of the triangle */
     public float area() {
         return
             (float)Math.abs(0.5*p1().distance(p2())
                             * new Vec(p1(), p2()).norm().dot(new Vec(p2(), p3())));
     }
+
+    /** issue gl.glVertex() for each of the triangle's points */
     public void glVertices(GL gl) {
         p1().glVertex(gl);
         p2().glVertex(gl);
         p3().glVertex(gl);
     }
+
+    /** the triangle's centroid */
     public Point centroid() {
         return new Point((p1().x+p2().x+p3().x)/3,
                          (p1().y+p2().y+p3().y)/3, 
                          (p1().z+p2().z+p3().z)/3);
     }
-    public float diameter() {
-        // FIXME: what is this supposed to be?
-        return Math.max(Math.max(p1().distance(p2()),
-                                 p2().distance(p3())),
-                        p3().distance(p1())) / 2;
-    }
 
+    /** ratio of the area of the triangle to that of the square formed from its longest edge */
     public float aspect() {
         float max = Math.max(Math.max(p1().distance(p2()),
                                       p2().distance(p3())),
                              p3().distance(p1())) / 2;
         return 1/(1+area()/(max*max));
     }
-    public float aspect0() {
-        float max = Math.max(Math.max(p1().distance(p2()),
-                                      p2().distance(p3())),
-                             p3().distance(p1())) / 2;
-        return (area()/(max*max));
-    }
 
     public float getMaxX() { return Math.max(p1().x, Math.max(p2().x, p3().x)); }
     public float getMinX() { return Math.min(p1().x, Math.min(p2().x, p3().x)); }