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Dupin cyclide
Charles Dupin, 1822
A torus seen through an inversion: the tube swells on one side and thins on the other, yet every line of curvature is still a circle. As the parameter d moves the tube pinches and crosses itself.
x = (d(c − a cos u cos v) + b² cos u) / (a − c cos u cos v)
On mathcurve.com as Cyclide de Dupin
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