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  2. Surface of revolution - Wikipedia

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    A portion of the curve x = 2 + cos(z) rotated around the z-axis A torus as a square revolved around an axis parallel to one of its diagonals.. A surface of revolution is a surface in Euclidean space created by rotating a curve (the generatrix) one full revolution around an axis of rotation (normally not intersecting the generatrix, except at its endpoints). [1]

  3. Solid of revolution - Wikipedia

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    Two common methods for finding the volume of a solid of revolution are the disc method and the shell method of integration.To apply these methods, it is easiest to draw the graph in question; identify the area that is to be revolved about the axis of revolution; determine the volume of either a disc-shaped slice of the solid, with thickness δx, or a cylindrical shell of width δx; and then ...

  4. Surface (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The graph of a continuous function of two variables, defined over a connected open subset of R 2 is a topological surface. If the function is differentiable, the graph is a differentiable surface. A plane is both an algebraic surface and a differentiable surface. It is also a ruled surface and a surface of revolution.

  5. Hyperboloid - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a hyperboloid of revolution, sometimes called a circular hyperboloid, is the surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around one of its principal axes. A hyperboloid is the surface obtained from a hyperboloid of revolution by deforming it by means of directional scalings , or more generally, of an affine transformation .

  6. Catenoid - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a catenoid is a type of surface, arising by rotating a catenary curve about an axis (a surface of revolution). [1] It is a minimal surface, meaning that it occupies the least area when bounded by a closed space. [2] It was formally described in 1744 by the mathematician Leonhard Euler.

  7. Minimal surface of revolution - Wikipedia

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    In particular, for some placements of the two points the optimal solution is generated by a discontinuous function that is nonzero at the two points and zero everywhere else. This function leads to a surface of revolution consisting of two circular disks, one for each point, connected by a degenerate line segment along the axis of revolution.

  8. Tractrix - Wikipedia

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    The function admits a horizontal asymptote. The curve is symmetrical with respect to the y-axis. The curvature radius is r = a cot ⁠ x / y ⁠. A great implication that the tractrix had was the study of its surface of revolution about its asymptote: the pseudosphere.

  9. Pseudosphere - Wikipedia

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    A pseudospherical surface is a generalization of the pseudosphere. A surface which is piecewise smoothly immersed in with constant negative curvature is a pseudospherical surface. The tractroid is the simplest example. Other examples include the Dini's surfaces, breather surfaces, and the Kuen surface.