L'Harmonieux Forgeron wrote:

> Just trying a new object: ovus.
> It's just a pair of spheres with the right glue...
>
> Thanks to geometry description found at
> http://chronomath.irem.univ-mrs.fr/Courbes/ovale.html
> --
> Non Sine Numine
> http://grimbert.cjb.net/
> Etiquette is for those with no breeding;
> fashion for those with no taste.
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

...Nice...

This page gives a generalized "egg" formula:
http://www.2dcurves.com/quartic/quartice.html



form.

A little toying with mathematica gives the
attached picture of an egg, with a=1/4 and b=7/5.

(I also wrote a Mathematica fonction that takes in
mathematica Graphics and converts it to mesh)

Best,

    S.

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University of Montreal.
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