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minus-squarejlow (he/him)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months agoAre there non-circular cylinders or what does that even mean.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoMaybe they meant prism, since a cylinder is technically one.
minus-squareBlóðbók@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoMaybe what they’re trying to describe is a torus
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoNo they’d only model a bull as a torus.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoNow, how exactly is a penguin toroidal?
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIt has a single hole through its body from its mouth to its arsehole. IANAB but I think all other holes have at least a membrane between one end and the other. So it’s topologically equivalent to a teacup and a torus.
minus-squarejlow (he/him)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoImagine a donut-shaped penguin, love it! 😸
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoMaybe having halfspheres at the top and bottom? So more like a gas tank, less like a piece of sausage.
minus-squaresqw@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoonly thing i can figure is maybe technically you could call an ellipsoidal prism a cylinder also? seems like a stretch.
minus-squarejlow (he/him)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoYeah, I also thought that there might be a cylinder based on a ellipse. Not very common but possible
Are there non-circular cylinders or what does that even mean.
Maybe they meant prism, since a cylinder is technically one.
Maybe what they’re trying to describe is a torus
No they’d only model a bull as a torus.
Kek
Now, how exactly is a penguin toroidal?
It has a single hole through its body from its mouth to its arsehole. IANAB but I think all other holes have at least a membrane between one end and the other. So it’s topologically equivalent to a teacup and a torus.
Imagine a donut-shaped penguin, love it! 😸
Maybe having halfspheres at the top and bottom? So more like a gas tank, less like a piece of sausage.
only thing i can figure is maybe technically you could call an ellipsoidal prism a cylinder also? seems like a stretch.
Yeah, I also thought that there might be a cylinder based on a ellipse. Not very common but possible