The intersection of cylinders, whose axes allgo through a common point and have equally distributed directions, yields very interestingshapes.
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The figure indicates the number of intersectingcylinders.
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Elementsfrom the analytical geometry
Moreinformation for the intersection of 4 cylinders
As anexample, details for the intersection 150
Otherviews on the intersection of 3 cylinders
Interestingrelationships between the polygedra giving the directions of the intersectingcylindres.
A theorem for the number of facets of a intersection of cylinders.
Recognize the pattern of an intersection of cylinders.
See also: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SteinmetzSolid.html
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