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HourGlass
The lemniscate of Bernoulli is given by the parametric equations:
for
When we rotate a function around the x-axis, we generate a surface of revolution. For the hourglass-shaped surface, we want to rotate the lemniscate about the x-axis such that the axis of revolution passes through the top, center, and bottom of the lemniscate, i.e., the axis of revolution is the x-axis.
The resulting 3D parametric equations for the hourglass-shaped surface of revolution are:
where
Remember that these equations describe a surface in three-dimensional space, where x, y, and z are coordinates in this space.
The resulting surface will look like an hourglass, with the lemniscate forming the "waist" and the resulting circles forming the "top" and "bottom" of the hourglass.
a = 1;
ParametricPlot3D[{a Cos[t]/(Sin[t]^2 + 1),
a Sin[t] Cos[t] Cos[\[CurlyPhi]]/(Sin[t]^2 + 1),
a Sin[t] Cos[t] Sin[\[CurlyPhi]]/(Sin[t]^2 + 1)}, {t, 0,
2 Pi}, {\[CurlyPhi], 0, 2 Pi}]