Peter Popov wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:01:09 +0100, "Duncan Adamson"
> <dja### [at] docicacuk> wrote:
> 
> >Hang a rope from two points <0,1,0> and <1,1,0>
> >The shape it makes is a caterary
> 
> Isn't it a parabola?

IIRC, actually, the curve you get when you roll a parabola along an axis
and trace the focus.  Very similar to a parabola but not a parabola.

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