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11 Aug 2024 17:18:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Umbilic Torus, Parametric Object  
From: Michael Raiford
Date: 13 Feb 2004 22:11:33
Message: <402d91e5@news.povray.org>
Hmm ;) That was __sort of__ what I was after, I think. I'm working on
replicating this sculpture in POV-Ray ( see attachment )... Was it this
sculpture you were referencing?.

Yes, this is the cover from my old calculus book.

Here's some more pics of the sculpture:
http://www.angelo.edu/dept/mathematics/gallery.htm

It's really a stunning shape, imo.

"Kevin Wampler" <wam### [at] uarizonaedu> wrote in message
news:402D888B.8E3E1F31@u.arizona.edu...
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> >
> > Here's the picture of the parameteric I was posting about in p.g, It
appears
> > that this object, no matter how hard I tried, would not work as a true
> > "parameteric", so I used the mesh generating include (param.inc) file
for
> > the object.
> >
> >  [Image]
>
> Looks good!  Now all you need is a Hilbert curve covering the surface...


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