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Torricelli's trumpet
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Torricelli's trumpet is a fictional infinitely long solid of revolution formed when the closed domain $$ A := \{(x,\,y)\in\mathbb{R}^2\,\vdots\;\; x \ge 1,\; 0 \le y \le \frac{1}{x}\} $$ rotates about the $x$ axis. It has a finite volume, $\pi$ volume units, but the area of its surface is infinite; in fact even the area of $A$ is infinite, i.e., the improper integral $\displaystyle\int_1^\infty\frac{1}{x}\,dx$ is not convergent.
Torricelli's trumpet is surprising since it can be filled by a finite amount of paint, but this paint can never suffice for painting its surface, no matter how thin a coat of paint is used!
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"Torricelli's trumpet" is owned by pahio. [ full author list (3) ]
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Gabriel's horn |
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Cross-references: convergent, improper integral, infinite, surface, area, volume, finite, rotates, domain, closed, solid of revolution
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This is version 11 of Torricelli's trumpet, born on 2007-06-22, modified 2007-07-07.
Object id is 9643, canonical name is TorricellisTrumpet.
Accessed 3577 times total.
Classification:
| AMS MSC: | 51M04 (Geometry :: Real and complex geometry :: Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries) | | | 57M20 (Manifolds and cell complexes :: Low-dimensional topology :: Two-dimensional complexes) | | | 26A36 (Real functions :: Functions of one variable :: Antidifferentiation) | | | 26A42 (Real functions :: Functions of one variable :: Integrals of Riemann, Stieltjes and Lebesgue type) |
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