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Cylinders on a Helix
A series of cylinders are plotted along a helix. The controls can modify various aspects of the cylinders and the helix. When the pitch is zero, the cylinders lie on a circle.
Contributed by:
Sándor Kabai
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Cylinder
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Helix
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Sándor Kabai
"
Cylinders on a Helix
"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/CylindersOnAHelix/
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Published: September 28, 2007
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