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benice

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[Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

The surface in above image is a portion of the graph of
some mathematical equation.

Let's do some brainstorming:
Can you guess what's inside the surface?

Answers:

A funny 3D image:

A funny curve:

The above graphics were created completely using math formulas and math softwares.

Last edited by benice (2011-02-10 19:21:17)

bobbym

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Re: [Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

Hi benice;

I have no idea, what is it?

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John E. Franklin

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Re: [Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

Looks like there would be a couple of race car drivers inside the images to me.

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benice

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Re: [Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

Hint:
Consider the intersection of a horizontal plane with the surface.

The intersection consists of a family of funny curves.
(An example curve is shown below. It has nothing to do with the answer.)

Cut off the upper surface above the horizontal plane
to get a funny 3D image.

(This curve is obtained from another surface.)

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John E. Franklin

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Re: [Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

Is it a pinball machine?

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benice

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Re: [Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

Is it a pinball machine?

Maybe we can build a pinball machine which looks like these animations:

gAr

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Re: [Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

Hi benice,

Check these:
http://k3dsurf.s4.bizhat.com/k3dsurf-post-717.html
http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/54582-funny-math-art-guess-whats-inside/
http://www.ozzu.com/digital-art-forum/guess-what-inside-t105356.html
http://philosophychatforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=131&t=17480
http://community.wolframalpha.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=73538
http://forums.about.com/n/Pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=2&nav=messages&webtag=ab-math&tid=1863
http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/showthread.php?t=49505

There are still some more

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benice

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Re: [Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

Hi gAr,

Yes, those are all my posts. Thank you for giving this subject your attention.

        (Three different cross sections of the surface)

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benice

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Re: [Funny Math Art] Guess what's inside?

Hi all,

Here are more pictures:

2D curves

Colored surfaces

Animations of curves

I hope you will like these.

Last edited by benice (2011-07-02 16:07:58)