Whitney Umbrella

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Whitney Umbrella is the surface of this equation: “x^2-y^2*z == 0”. Note that the z-axis is part of the surface.

The parametric form sans the z-handle is: {u*v, u, v^2}

umbrella_eq.gcf

umbrella_para.gcf

Mathematica graphics: whitney_umbrella.nb.gz


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