Examples of superquadrics

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created: 2022-02-02 20:28:56
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Example images of superquadrics. These examples are displayed using sqwatch. Source code here. The vertical axis is the axis.

When and both the blockiness values are , we get a sphere in Euclidean space:

When the blockiness values are and , and are different, we get an ellipsoid:

As the name "blockiness" implies, changing the parameters or makes the shape more rectangular "as seen from the corresponding direction".