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. 2013 Summer;12(2):133–138. doi: 10.1187/cbe.13-03-0056

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Left, a hyperbolic paraboloid. (Courtesy of mathforum.org.) Middle and right, gyroid structures. (Courtesy of Adam G. Weyhaupt, +plus magazine.) As physical structures, these remarkable mathematical constructs are pivotal in understanding aspects of biological color and biomechanics.