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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Nephroid
Date: 4 Dec 2008 14:17:32
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephroid

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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Nephroid
Date: 4 Dec 2008 14:45:00
Message: <web.493832b24c92bba1f48316a30@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephroid

The last nephroid is in capitivity.  The galaxy is at peace... ;)


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Nephroid
Date: 5 Dec 2008 05:04:49
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nemesis wrote:

> The last nephroid is in capitivity.  The galaxy is at peace... ;)

...alternatively, if you have a look at the article and some of the 
articles lined from it, you get to see trippy mathematical drawings! :-D


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Nephroid
Date: 5 Dec 2008 09:25:00
Message: <web.493938b04c92bba1f48316a30@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
>
> > The last nephroid is in capitivity.  The galaxy is at peace... ;)
>
> ...alternatively, if you have a look at the article and some of the
> articles lined from it, you get to see trippy mathematical drawings! :-D

Oh, I saw the gif animation, yes.


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Nephroid
Date: 5 Dec 2008 10:13:35
Message: <4939451f$1@news.povray.org>
>>> The last nephroid is in capitivity.  The galaxy is at peace... ;)
>> ...alternatively, if you have a look at the article and some of the
>> articles lined from it, you get to see trippy mathematical drawings! :-D
> 
> Oh, I saw the gif animation, yes.

There's a whole world of Seriously Interesting Stuff out there - 
inverses, evolutes, envelopes, caustics, epicycloids, pedal curves... 
it's pretty mental stuff!


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Nephroid
Date: 9 Dec 2008 06:59:19
Message: <493e5d97@news.povray.org>
Lick my nephroid, baby!!


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Nephroid
Date: 9 Dec 2008 08:29:45
Message: <493e72c9@news.povray.org>
Cairo FTW!!


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From: scott
Subject: Re: Nephroid
Date: 9 Dec 2008 08:38:33
Message: <493e74d9$1@news.povray.org>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephroid

isn't this the same as

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirograph


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Nephroid
Date: 9 Dec 2008 08:50:07
Message: <493e778f$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephroid
> 
> isn't this the same as
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirograph

It should be possible to draw a nephroid with Spirograph, yes. (A 
nephroid is a type of epicycloid, and Spirograph draws epicycloids.)

A nephroid is one specific curve in a very large family. I posted that 
link because I liked the name, and because many rather interesting 
articles are directly reachable from it.


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