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Split P

Split P

Split P is a triply periodic minimal surface, defined as a nodal algebraic surface, immersed, with Ia-3 symmetry (a crystallographic space group).

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Formula

1.1⁢(sin⁡(2⁢x)⁢sin⁡(z)⁢cos⁡(y)+sin⁡(2⁢y)⁢sin⁡(x)⁢cos⁡(z)+sin⁡(2⁢z)⁢sin⁡(y)⁢cos⁡(x))−0.2⁢(cos⁡(2⁢x)⁢cos⁡(2⁢y)+cos⁡(2⁢y)⁢cos⁡(2⁢z)+cos⁡(2⁢z)⁢cos⁡(2⁢x))−0.4⁢(cos⁡(2⁢x)+cos⁡(2⁢y)+cos⁡(2⁢z))=01.1 \left(\sin\left(2 x\right) \sin\left(z\right) \cos\left(y\right) + \sin\left(2 y\right) \sin\left(x\right) \cos\left(z\right) + \sin\left(2 z\right) \sin\left(y\right) \cos\left(x\right)\right) - 0.2 \left(\cos\left(2 x\right) \cos\left(2 y\right) + \cos\left(2 y\right) \cos\left(2 z\right) + \cos\left(2 z\right) \cos\left(2 x\right)\right) - 0.4 \left(\cos\left(2 x\right) + \cos\left(2 y\right) + \cos\left(2 z\right)\right) = 0

Properties

Family
minimal-periodic
Given by
a nodal algebraic surface
Curvature
zero mean curvature
Periodicity
triply periodic
Ends
0
Embedding
immersed
Orientable
yes
Symmetry
Ia-3
Symmetry kind
crystallographic space group
Fidelity
approximation

Definition

Standard nodal approximation as shipped in math_art/minsurf/tpms.py. No exact definition is stored for this surface, so this approximation is all the record has; `approximates` is null rather than pointing at itself.

Sources

Derived from the Math Art generator registries and cross-referenced to the literature; not transcribed from any gallery's compilation.