Comments on: curves and spirals

curves and spirals

wobh — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:21:13 -0800

A Visual Dictionary of Famous Plane Curves

By: wobh

wobh — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 05:25:16 -0800

Another nice resource is the University of Minnesota's The Geometry Center. Unfortunately, it's http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/closed.html

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 06:44:32 -0800

there's the most amazing picture of a cauliflower at http://xahlee.org/SpecialPlaneCurves_dir/EquiangularSpiral_dir/equiangularSpiral.html (scroll to bottom of page).

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 08:20:19 -0800

I have a sudden urge to go buy a Spirograph. ...and a cauliflower.

By: cmicali

cmicali — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 08:36:57 -0800

Great link.. very nice real-world example images

By: taz

taz — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:50:43 -0800

Wonderful, wobh; thanks! Interesting background, by the way, on the Witch of Agnesi.

By: electro

electro — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:07:49 -0800

OMG! I had no idea Xah Lee actually did anything useful with his time when he's not ranting/trolling on Lisp-related newsgroups. Good for him. This is a really nice site.