Plaster Surface Model by Alexander Crum Brown, c 1900.
Image number: 10314747
Alexander Crum Brown (1838-1922), mathematician and chemist, was professor of mathematics at Edinburgh University and a prolific maker of mathematical models. This surface represents the equation: z=3a(x squared - y squared) - (x cubed + y cubed). Every section made by a plane passing through the blue line and cutting the surface is an ellipse.
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- Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
- Date taken:
- 20 October 2003 14:40
- Image rights:
- Science Museum