Narushin, Valeriy, Orszulik, Stefan T., Romanov, Michael N, Griffin, Darren K. (2023) A novel approach to egg and math: Improved geometrical standardization of any avian egg profile. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1529 (1). pp. 61-71. ISSN 0077-8923. (doi:10.1111/nyas.15059) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:102591)
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Abstract
Developing a geometric formulation of any biological object has a number of justifications and applications. Recently, we developed a universal geometric figure for describing a bird's egg in any of the possible basic shapes: spherical, ellipsoidal, ovoid, and pyriform. The formulation proved widely applicable but had a number of drawbacks, including a very obvious join between two parts of the egg. To correct this, we developed the Main Axiom of the universal mathematical formula. This essentially involved making the ordinate of the extremum of the function correspond to half the maximum egg breadth (B), and the abscissa to the reciprocal of the parameter w that reflects the shift of the vertical axis to its coincidence with B. This, in turn, helped us develop a new, simplified mathematical model without a nonbiological join. Experimental verification was performed to confirm the adequacy of the new geometric figure. It accurately described actual avian eggs of various shapes more closely than our previous model. To the best of our knowledge, our new, simplified equation can be applied as a standard for any bird egg that exists in nature. As a rather simple equation, it can be used in a broad range of applications.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1111/nyas.15059 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | avian eggs, egg geometry, Hügelschäffer model, piecewise functions, standard egg shape |
Subjects: |
Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA440 Geometry Q Science > QH Natural history > QH324.2 Computational biology Q Science > QL Zoology S Agriculture > SF Animal culture |
Divisions: |
Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Reproduction Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences |
Funders: | University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56) |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
Depositing User: | Mike Romanov |
Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2023 12:04 UTC |
Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2024 04:00 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/102591 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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