Gabriel's Horn
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Gabriel's Horn is obtained by rotating the curve around the
axis for
. Remarkably, the resulting surface of revolution has a finite volume and an infinite surface area. It is interesting to note that as the horn extends to
, the volume of the horn approaches
.
Contributed by: John Snyder (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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Snapshot 1: The equation for
is used to generate the surface.
Snapshot 2: The surface is generated by rotation around the axis.
Snapshot 3: Gabriel's Horn is formed by a complete rotation around the axis.
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