Subj : Re: Hey Nick
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Tyler Trafford
Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 03:23:01

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Jim Larson wrote:

> Yes, yes, but that's not quite as easy to produce as something with
> obviously positive curvature (with props and stuff) like say, a
> sphere. Also, it's not really the negative curvature analogue to a
> sphere, since that has constant positive Gaussian curvature at every
> point. The canonical hyperbolic paraboloid has asymptotically 0
> curvature in any direction away from the origin. An analogue with
> constant negative curvature is generally difficult to picture in R^3.
> You could take something like a pseudosphere (surface of revolution of
> a tractrix) or Kuen's surface, which just looks freaky. But again, not
> exactly easy prop material.

YAY!

(Speaking of math, I can't believe how little Calculus I remember, after
doing little else for four years.)
-- 
Tyler Trafford

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what
you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
		-- Mark Twain

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