// cone8.fe // Surface Evolver datafile for case 8 of Jean Taylor's classification // of possible minimal cones. // See command "gogo" below for evolution to absolute minimal surface. #define beta (asin(sqrt(2)/sqrt(3))) #define gamma (asin( sqrt((sqrt(sqrt(2)) - 1)^2/6 + (2-sqrt(2))^2/12) ) ) #define h1 cos(beta) #define r1 sin(beta) #define h2 cos(beta + 2*gamma) #define r2 sin(beta + 2*gamma) #define a sqrt(0.5) vertices 1 r1 0 h1 fixed 2 0 r1 h1 fixed 3 -r1 0 h1 fixed 4 0 -r1 h1 fixed 5 r2 0 h2 fixed 6 0 r2 h2 fixed 7 -r2 0 h2 fixed 8 0 -r2 h2 fixed 9 a*r2 a*r2 -h2 fixed 10 -a*r2 a*r2 -h2 fixed 11 -a*r2 -a*r2 -h2 fixed 12 a*r2 -a*r2 -h2 fixed 13 a*r1 a*r1 -h1 fixed 14 -a*r1 a*r1 -h1 fixed 15 -a*r1 -a*r1 -h1 fixed 16 a*r1 -a*r1 -h1 fixed 17 0 0 0 edges 1 1 2 fixed 2 2 3 fixed 3 3 4 fixed 4 4 1 fixed 5 1 5 fixed 6 2 6 fixed 7 3 7 fixed 8 4 8 fixed 9 5 9 fixed 10 9 6 fixed 11 6 10 fixed 12 10 7 fixed 13 7 11 fixed 14 11 8 fixed 15 8 12 fixed 16 12 5 fixed 17 9 13 fixed 18 10 14 fixed 19 11 15 fixed 20 12 16 fixed 21 13 14 fixed 22 14 15 fixed 23 15 16 fixed 24 16 13 fixed 25 1 17 26 2 17 27 3 17 28 4 17 29 5 17 30 6 17 31 7 17 32 8 17 33 9 17 34 10 17 35 11 17 36 12 17 37 13 17 38 14 17 39 15 17 40 16 17 faces 1 1 26 -25 2 2 27 -26 3 3 28 -27 4 4 25 -28 5 5 29 -25 6 6 30 -26 7 7 31 -27 8 8 32 -28 9 9 33 -29 10 10 30 -33 11 11 34 -30 12 12 31 -34 13 13 35 -31 14 14 32 -35 15 15 36 -32 16 16 29 -36 17 17 37 -33 18 18 38 -34 19 19 39 -35 20 20 40 -36 21 21 38 -37 22 22 39 -38 23 23 40 -39 24 24 37 -40 read hessian_normal // command to pop central vertex and evolver gogo := { o; // pop central vertex refine edge where valence != 2; g 10; t .06; g 10; u; w .001; g 10; t .06; g 10; V; g 20; V; V; g 10; hessian_seek; hessian_seek; t .06; V;V;V;V; hessian_seek; r; u;u;V;u; g 10; hessian_seek; r; u; u; g 5; hessian_seek; hessian_seek; hessian; }