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Wallis's Conical Edge


WallissConicalEdge

Wallis's conical edge is the right conoid surface given by the parametric equations

x(u,v)=vcosu
(1)
y(u,v)=vsinu
(2)
z(u,v)=csqrt(a^2-b^2cos^2u).
(3)

See also

Right Conoid

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References

Gray, A. Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 454-455, 1997.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Wallis's Conical Edge." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/WallissConicalEdge.html

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