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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. Minimal surface of revolution - Wikipedia

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    This is known as a Goldschmidt solution [5] [8] after German mathematician Carl Wolfgang Benjamin Goldschmidt, [4] who announced his discovery of it in his 1831 paper "Determinatio superficiei minimae rotatione curvae data duo puncta jungentis circa datum axem ortae" ("Determination of the surface-minimal rotation curve given two joined points ...

  4. Solid of revolution - Wikipedia

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    Rotating a curve. The surface formed is a surface of revolution; it encloses a solid of revolution. Solids of revolution (Matemateca Ime-Usp)In geometry, a solid of revolution is a solid figure obtained by rotating a plane figure around some straight line (the axis of revolution), which may not intersect the generatrix (except at its boundary).

  5. Pappus's centroid theorem - Wikipedia

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    The theorem applied to an open cylinder, cone and a sphere to obtain their surface areas. The centroids are at a distance a (in red) from the axis of rotation.. In mathematics, Pappus's centroid theorem (also known as the Guldinus theorem, Pappus–Guldinus theorem or Pappus's theorem) is either of two related theorems dealing with the surface areas and volumes of surfaces and solids of ...

  6. Torus - Wikipedia

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    Poloidal direction (red arrow) and toroidal direction (blue arrow) A torus of revolution in 3-space can be parametrized as: [2] (,) = (+ ⁡) ⁡ (,) = (+ ⁡) ⁡ (,) = ⁡ using angular coordinates θ, φ ∈ [0, 2π), representing rotation around the tube and rotation around the torus's axis of revolution, respectively, where the major radius R is the distance from the center of the tube to ...

  7. Spheroid - Wikipedia

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    The oblate spheroid is generated by rotation about the z-axis of an ellipse with semi-major axis a and semi-minor axis c, therefore e may be identified as the eccentricity. (See ellipse.) [2] A prolate spheroid with c > a has surface area

  8. Curl (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The curl of the vector field at any point is given by the rotation of an infinitesimal area in the xy-plane (for z-axis component of the curl), zx-plane (for y-axis component of the curl) and yz-plane (for x-axis component of the curl vector). This can be seen in the examples below.

  9. Catenoid - Wikipedia

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    A catenoid A catenoid obtained from the rotation of a catenary. 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]