Steinbach Screw

A Surface generated by the parametric equations

$$x(u,v) = u\cos v$$

$$y(u,v) = u\sin v$$

$$z(u,v) = v\cos u.$$

The above image uses $u\in[-4,4]$ and $v\in[0,6.25]$.

References

Naylor, B. ``Steinbach Screw 1.'' http://www.garlic.com/~bnaylor/raytrace/rtstein1.html.

Pickover, C. A. Mazes for the Mind: Computers and the Unexpected. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.

Wang, P. ``Renderings.'' http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~peterw/portfolio/renderings/.