CASSINI'S OVALS IN A TORUS
Cassini's ovals in a torus
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Perpendicular sections of tori give Cassini ovals. Their figure-of-eight section is the famous curve known as the lemniscate, which is the set of points on the plane such that the product of the distances from two foci is constant.

  Question How many lemniscates are found when a torus is sectioned?
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Generation of the torus

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Rolling surfaces


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