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The intersection of cylinders, whose axes allgo through a common point and have equally distributed directions, yields very interestingshapes.

 

Click on the pictures or numbers to get abigger picture and more informations for this intersection.

 

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

 

See a mention in SpektrumDirekt

 

The dual of the cube is the octahedra. Do you know the dual of an intersection of cylinders? [12.11.2005]

 

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