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  Re: Odd behavior of 1/sqrt functions in iso_surface  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 9 Mar 2004 03:15:02
Message: <c2ju9u$21p$1@chho.imagico.de>
Richard Kline wrote:
> 
> Since the Gravitational potential is a function of 1/r the function used 
> is 1/sqrt(x*x+y*y+z*z)
> 
> [...]

You should note that the above function has a singularity at <0,0,0>. 
You should never expect such a function to render correctly if the 
singularity is inside the container (the fact that POV-Ray reports a 
finite maximum gradient does not mean anything here).

Christoph

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