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Funnel


Funnel

The funnel surface is a regular surface and surface of revolution defined by the Cartesian equation

z=1/2aln(x^2+y^2)
(1)

and the parametric equations

x(u,v) = ucosv
(2)
y(u,v) = usinv
(3)
z(u,v) = alnu
(4)

for u>0 and v in [0,2pi). The coefficients of the first fundamental form are

F =
(6)
G = u^2,
(7)

the coefficients of the second fundamental form are

the area element is

dA=sqrt(a^2+u^2)du ^ dv,
(11)

and the Gaussian and mean curvatures are

The Gaussian curvature can be given implicitly as

Both the surface area and volume of the solid are infinite.


See also

Dini's Surface, Gabriel's Horn, Pseudosphere, Sinclair's Soap Film Problem

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References

Gray, A. "The Funnel Surface." Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 423-426, 1997.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Funnel." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Funnel.html

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