In mathematics, a Dupin cyclide or cyclide of Dupin is any geometric inversion of a standard torus, cylinder or double cone. In particular, these latter...
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particularly known for work in the field of mathematics, where the Dupin cyclide and Dupin indicatrix are named after him; and for his work in the field of...
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Soddy's hexlet (section Dupin cyclide)
the re-inversion, this torus becomes a Dupin cyclide (Figure 3). The envelope of Soddy's hexlets is a Dupin cyclide, an inversion of the torus. Thus Soddy's...
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Gaston Darboux who studied these surfaces in 1880, Darboux cyclides are a superset of Dupin cyclides and quadrics. These surfaces have applications in architectural...
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sheets (purple). A Dupin cyclide and its parallels are determined by a pair of focal conic sections. The diagram shows a ring cyclide together with its...
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torus Angenent torus Annulus (geometry) Clifford torus Complex torus Dupin cyclide Elliptic curve Irrational winding of a torus Joint European Torus Klein...
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Lie sphere geometry (section Dupin cyclides)
curvature spheres of a surface. It also allows for a natural treatment of Dupin cyclides and a conceptual solution of the problem of Apollonius. Lie sphere geometry...
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of circles. The inversion of a cylinder, cone, or torus results in a Dupin cyclide. A spheroid is a surface of revolution and contains a pencil of circles...
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Clebsch cubic Monkey saddle (saddle-like surface for 3 legs.) Torus Dupin cyclide (inversion of a torus) Whitney umbrella Right conoid (a ruled surface)...
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Clebsch cubic Monkey saddle (saddle-like surface for 3 legs.) Torus Dupin cyclide (inversion of a torus) Whitney umbrella Boy's surface Cantor tree surface...
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Parabolic conoid Plücker's conoid Whitney umbrella Châtelet surfaces Dupin cyclides, inversions of a cylinder, torus, or double cone in a sphere Gabriel's...
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corresponding Steiner chain. The envelope of the hexlet spheres is a Dupin cyclide, the inversion of a torus. The six spheres are not only tangent to the...
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particularly known for work in the field of mathematics, where the Dupin cyclide and Dupin indicatrix are named after him; and for his work in the field of statistical...
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directrices for generating Dupin cyclides as canal surfaces in two ways. Focal conics can be seen as degenerate focal surfaces: Dupin cyclides are the only surfaces...
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the Cretaceous and Tertiary Charles Dupin (1784–1873) – mathematician who discovered the Dupin cyclide and the Dupin indicatrix Stephan Endlicher (1804–1849)...
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axis of rotation. The focal surface of a Dupin cyclide consists of a pair of focal conics. The Dupin cyclides are the only surfaces, whose focal surfaces...
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analogues of Möbius transformations for oriented projective geometry Dupin cyclides, shapes obtained from cylinders and tori by inversion At the time of...
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knot. Its directrix is a curve on a torus e) The 5. picture shows a Dupin cyclide (canal surface). Geometry and Algorithms for COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN,...
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curvature of curves and surfaces, including surfaces of revolution, Dupin cyclides, helicoids, and minimal surfaces including the Enneper surface, with...
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field is finite, then it is said to be an arithmetic quartic surface. Dupin cyclides The Fermat quartic, given by x4 + y4 + z4 + w4 =0 (an example of a K3...
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with Frank Morley at Johns Hopkins University. Her thesis was titled "Dupin's cyclide as a self-dual surface". With her doctoral degree, Young was eventually...
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