clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 24.07.2013 21:09, schrieb MichaelJF:
> > "MichaelJF" <mi-### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
> >> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> >>> Am 24.07.2013 16:19, schrieb Cousin Ricky:
> >>>> "Shay" <non### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> >>>>> If you think you've got it figured out, try it. $50 to the POV-Ray wishlist
> >>>>> (presuming this still exists) if anyone else can get it.
> >>>>
> >>>> I can visualize the parts that need to fit together.  The hard part will be the
> >>>> non-Euclidian math needed to make them match up.
> >>>
> >>> Indeed!
> >>
> >> No, no non-Euclidian math is needed here. One can solve the puzzle only with
> >> Euclid and Pythagoras but one has to think in polar coordinates instead of
> >> Euclidian ones and heavily use rotate. I really liked this Little challenge
> >> since I was a Little bit bored looking at Smoking mountains and needed a break.
> >> But unfortunatelly I have not the time to accomplish the full Picture.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Michael
> >
> > To illustrate this a bit. If you add a new slice of the surrounding sphere and
> > cut out the blue "circles" rotated eight times around the y-axis, fill in
> > appropriate scaled, cut and transformed tori and finally eight little spheres
> > you have solved the problem of the upper pikes.
>
> I have no trouble coming up with the necessary CSG; buth the precise
> placement of the elements seems less trivial to me.
Certainly it is not trivial, that is why I pointed out all this things.

Beat regards,
Michael

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