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From: Nekar Xenos
Date: 1 Oct 2001 02:31:19
Message: <3bb80db7@news.povray.org>

"Peter Popov" <pet### [at] vipbg> wrote in message
news:2d0brtk13k51jdgk4h98hajm1d5gh0db4g@4ax.com...
> 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?

Nope. IIRC a caterary is almost parallel at the start and end points.

- Nekar

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