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Students' Work: Snails

A mathematical model of a snail can be obtained from a spiral surface that arises as the orbit of a circle under a one-parameter group of Euclidean similarities.

Created by Robert Schlichtner (2010) using POV-Ray - The Persistance of Vision Raytracer.

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Catenoid and Helicoid
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Cockles
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Hyperbolic Paraboloid
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Klein Bottle
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Möbius Strip
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Plücker's Conoid
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Snails
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