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Surfaces of Rotation

Surfaces of rotation are generated from a planar curve by rotating the curve around an axis.

The shape of the surface of rotation depends on the given meridian curve, the position of the axis. Let c(s)= (c1(s),c2(s),c3(s)) be a curve in the xz-plane, then the expression of a surface of rotation with respect to the z-axis is given by

Rotation[c,z-axis](s, t) = (cos(t)*c1(s), sin(t)*c2(s), c3(s)).


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