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Parametric Plotting of Surfaces

Stan Wagon ()
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Stan Wagon: Macalester College, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Chapter 9 in Mathematica in Action, 2010, pp 235-265 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Costa surface is a relatively new type of minimal surface, and it is topologically equivalent to a torus with three punctures. The images shown are from an animation that uses a very simple morphing idea to go from a torus to the Costa surface.

Keywords: Equilateral Triangle; Vertical Circle; Regular Tetrahedron; Outer Strip; Costa Surface (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75477-2_10

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