Someone just asked me what the mathematical name for the shape of an egg
was, since eggs aren't ellipsoidal, there must be another term, so I
thought. I did find these pages and I wonder how the math relates to the
blob function, or how shapes like the demonstration for Cassini's oval
might be done as an isosurface (which I should probably post to p.u.p, I
know) and generalized into 3D space... it might make them easier (for me
at least) to understand.

http://new.math.uiuc.edu/eggmath/Shape/cassini.htm

http://new.math.uiuc.edu/eggmath/Shape/descartes.html
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