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28 May 2024 16:19:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: True catenary  
From: scott
Date: 5 Aug 2005 05:44:30
Message: <42f334fe$1@news.povray.org>
PM 2Ring wrote:
> "scott" <sco### [at] spamcom> wrote:
>
>> How about a comparison between the two for different length chains
>> between two points?
>
> And here is the other comparison.

THat's interesting.  It's probably better to do it with equal bottom point
rather than equal length, it makes it easier to see the difference in shape.
It's not surprising that the catenary one looks like someone is pushing down
in the middle of the parabola version...


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