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All Shapes in One Equation?
asadodetira writes ""One simple equation can generate a vast diversity of natural shapes, a Belgian biologist has discovered. Nature has the story. "The Superformula" sounds impressive, apparently its only for shapes, i thought you could solve lots of PDE's or tensor integrals or something with this, but not, it's only for shapes."
After avoiding the subject for decades, a Belgian biologist discovers mathematics. One of the first areas he plays around with is "polar coordinates". "I never knew math could be this much fun", the biologist is quoted as saying. In his enthusiasm, the befuddled biologist decided to patent several formulas, following a recently fashionable trend of patenting the obvious.