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Miter Surface

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A Quartic Surface named after its resemblance to the liturgical headdress worn by bishops and given by the equation

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4x^2(x^2+y^2+z^2)-y^2(1-y^2-z^2)=0.
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See also Quartic Surface


References

Nordstrand, T. ``Surfaces.'' http://www.uib.no/people/nfytn/surfaces.htm.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26