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Constant strip-area density of a surface of revolution
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For
X
(
θ
,
z
)
=
(
ϕ
(
z
)
cos
θ
,
ϕ
(
z
)
sin
θ
,
z
)
,
(103)
the area density after integrating over
θ
is
2
π
ϕ
1
+
ϕ
′2
. If every height interval has area
2
π
r
times its length, continuity forces
ϕ
2
(
1
+
ϕ
′2
)
=
r
2
.
(104)
Where
0
<
ϕ
<
r
, the sign of
ϕ
′
is constant and
r
2
−
ϕ
2
has derivative
±
1
. Hence the profile lies on a circle of radius
r
.
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