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In the ideal case, surfaces can be defined by motion. Surfaces of revolution are produced by a rotation of a curve about an axis. In the case of helical surfaces, the generators additionally experience a translation along the axis of rotation.
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Glaeser, G. (2020). Further remarkable classes of surfaces. In: Geometry and its Applications in Arts, Nature and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61398-3_7
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