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Handkerchief Surface

A surface given by the parametric equations

$\displaystyle x(u,v)$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle u$  
$\displaystyle y(u,v)$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle v$  
$\displaystyle z(u,v)$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle {\textstyle{1\over 3}}u^3+u v^2+2(u^2-v^2).$  


References

Gray, A. Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 628, 1993.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25