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SPHERO-CYLINDRICAL CURVE
Other name: cyclo-cylindrical curve. |
The sphero-cylindrical curves are the intersections
between a sphere and a cylinder of revolution.
For a sphere centered on O with radius a,
a cylinder with radius b, and axis at distance c from O:
System of Cartesian equations: . Biquadratic. Cartesian parametrization: . |
Case a £b:
The curve is not empty iff a - b £
c
£
a
+ b and, in this case, it has only one component.
Opposite, the case a = b = c. |
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Case b < a;
b + c < a: the curve has two
components
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b + c = a: eight-like curve called hippopede. |
a - b < c £a + b: curve with one component |
It can be generalized by the intersection of the sphere and an elliptic cylinder, that is a spherical ellipse when the axes of the cylinder goes through the center of the sphere. |
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