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From: Tor Olav Kristensen
Date: 23 Oct 2004 10:02:42
Message: <417a6482@news.povray.org>

Jellby wrote:
> Among other things, Tor Olav Kristensen saw fit to write:
> 
> 
>>As I mentioned earlier, I wanted to model something like
>>Escher's "Moebius Strip II" (woodcut from 1963) for my
>>POVCOMP entry. But I didn't finish my macros early enough,
>>so I had to abandon my attempt.
>>
>>Yesterday I sat down and finished the most important
>>macros and today I debugged them and rendered a scene that

>>knot.
> 
> 
> You do know similar things were also drawn by Escher (1965), don't you?
> http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/youth/escher/enlargements/NGC_29143.jpg

Yes I do , I should have mentioned that those images
together with Tom Longtin's first image on this page:

   http://www.sover.net/%7Etlongtin/sub_page_3.htm

and M. Trott's little animation at this page:

   http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TrefoilKnot.html

inspired me to make this image.

-- 
Tor Olav
http://subcube.net
http://subcube.com

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