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#1 2009-06-07 00:50:52
- Hyposphere
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Please help me
Hi
i was wondering if anyone could please help me and give me a name for the shape in the link below
http://www.electrostatics3d.com/geo/geometry.gif
anything would be appreicated?
Thank in advance
#2 2009-06-07 02:36:11
- luca-deltodesco
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Re: Please help me
the figure is representing a 3d cartesian space, and the squares represent a section of each axial plane, the yellow square representing part of the xy plane, red the yz plane, and green the xz plane.
As far as i am aware there is no name for that exact shape.
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#3 2009-06-07 03:17:46
- simron
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Re: Please help me
It could be called the intersection points of the planes x=0, y=0, and z=0.
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#4 2009-06-07 04:40:26
- Ricky
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Re: Please help me
Perhaps a more aesthetic name would be, "The locus of xyz=0".
I too agree that such an object is most likely unnamed. After a few seconds thought, you should realize that indeed most geometric shapes are unnamed.
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