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Thom's Eggs

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Egg-shaped curves constructed using multiple Circles which Thom (1967) used to model Megalithic stone rings in Britain.

See also Egg, Oval


References

Dixon, R. Mathographics. New York: Dover, p. 6, 1991.

Thom, A. ``Mathematical Background.'' Ch. 4 in Megalithic Sites in Britain. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, pp. 27-33, 1967.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26