Timeline for "Slope Analogue" of Clothoids
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| Dec 20, 2016 at 5:42 | vote | accept | Manfred Weis | ||
| Dec 20, 2016 at 5:41 | comment | added | Manfred Weis | Not to forget the catenoid, a minimum area surface of revolution that isometrically deforms to a helicoid. | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 16:48 | comment | added | მამუკა ჯიბლაძე | In other words $y$ is (more or less just) $\cosh(x)$, a catenary curve, which is indeed used a lot in architecture. I find especially spectacular the use of catenary revolution shapes by Innuits when building igloos | |
| Dec 19, 2016 at 16:18 | history | answered | Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |