On the geometry of the mylar balloon (Q2762956)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1689807
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| English | On the geometry of the mylar balloon |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1689807 |
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16 January 2002
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surface of revolution
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Gaussian curvature
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surface area
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On the geometry of the mylar balloon (English)
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The author proposes a detailed investigation of the geometry of the mylar balloon including determination of its surface equation via the incomplete elliptic integrals and determination of the profile curve, computation of the Gaussian and the mean curvature of that surface, computation of the total surface area etc.
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