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Equations for the Sphere

The equations for the sphere are

x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1
The images in this zoo were created parametrically by:
f(u, v) = ( cos(u)sin(v), sin(u)sin(v), cos(v) ),
0 <= u <= pi, 0 <= v <= 2*pi.

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