Approximating Spheres with Boxes

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Using cubes, you can approximate the shape of a sphere of a given radius. By sliding the sampling rate up and down, you can add and subtract the number of cubes in a uniform manner. Using spherical coordinates
and
, the sample rate takes a reading every
radians up to
for the
angle and every
radians up to
for the
angle.
Contributed by: Jeremy Batterson (March 2011)
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Published: March 7 2011