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  2. Paraboloid - Wikipedia

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    An elliptic paraboloid is shaped like an oval cup and has a maximum or minimum point when its axis is vertical. In a suitable coordinate system with three axes x , y , and z , it can be represented by the equation [ 1 ] z = x 2 a 2 + y 2 b 2 . {\displaystyle z={\frac {x^{2}}{a^{2}}}+{\frac {y^{2}}{b^{2}}}.} where a and b are constants that ...

  3. Paraboloidal coordinates - Wikipedia

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    The coordinate surfaces of the former are parabolic cylinders, and the coordinate surfaces of the latter are circular paraboloids. Differently from cylindrical and rotational parabolic coordinates, but similarly to the related ellipsoidal coordinates , the coordinate surfaces of the paraboloidal coordinate system are not produced by rotating or ...

  4. List of centroids - Wikipedia

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    Quarter-elliptical area ... Solid paraboloid around z-axis: a, b = the principal semi-axes of the base ellipse c = the principal z-semi-axe from the center of base ...

  5. Parabolic coordinates - Wikipedia

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    The red paraboloid corresponds to τ=2, the blue paraboloid corresponds to σ=1, and the yellow half-plane corresponds to φ=-60°. The three surfaces intersect at the point P (shown as a black sphere) with Cartesian coordinates roughly (1.0, -1.732, 1.5).

  6. Elliptic coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, the elliptic coordinate system is a two-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system in which the coordinate lines are confocal ellipses and hyperbolae. The two foci F 1 {\displaystyle F_{1}} and F 2 {\displaystyle F_{2}} are generally taken to be fixed at − a {\displaystyle -a} and + a {\displaystyle +a} , respectively, on the x ...

  7. 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]

  8. Parabolic cylindrical coordinates - Wikipedia

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    The blue plane corresponds to z=2. These surfaces intersect at the point P (shown as a black sphere), which has Cartesian coordinates roughly (2, -1.5, 2). In mathematics , parabolic cylindrical coordinates are a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system that results from projecting the two-dimensional parabolic coordinate system in the ...

  9. Translation surface (differential geometry) - Wikipedia

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    ellipt. paraboloid, parabol. cylinder, hyperbol. paraboloid as translation surface translation surface: the generating curves are a sine arc and a parabola arc Shifting a horizontal circle along a helix. Simple examples: Right circular cylinder: is a circle (or another cross section) and is a line.