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30 Jul 2024 00:23:19 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why does my superellipsoid suck up the light?  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 4 Sep 2000 18:45:30
Message: <39b4260a$1@news.povray.org>
| superellipsoid {
| <0,0>

Direct out of the DOC:

"Very small values of e and n might cause problems with the root solver (the
Sturmian root solver cannot be used)."

e and n are the floats used within the <>.  It's best to keep those numbers
somewhat more than zero since anything could go wrong with the shape if very
small decimals are used.  Also there have been reports of problems while
aligning on axes but possibly unnoticeable until viewing a large enough
superellipsoid or close up.

Bob


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