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From: Anton Sherwood
Date: 25 Jan 2002 00:59:10
Message: <3C50F653.C48210C0@pobox.com>
Tor Olav:
> > (Because there seems to be some
> > calculations that are not calculated
> > correctly by POV-Ray. Increasing
> > max_gradient or accuracy did not help
> > at all.)

Slime:
> If you defined the spiral correctly, that's because the spiral
> never ends, the detail increases towards the poles infinitely.
> That is, if I understood the description of the shape that I
> read a while ago correctly.

In an equiangular spiral (reverse Mercator projection of oblique
parallels), that would happen at both poles; TOK said only one.

What's the formula?

(Love the textures.)

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