Talk:Squircle

This article was nominated for merging with Superellipse on 27 February 2012. The result of the discussion was No consensus.

A fact from Squircle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 November 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a squircle (pictured) is a variety of superellipse that has properties between those of a square and a circle?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/November.

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Please elaborate more on the squirrels.

I love this article

It probably contributed to usage of the term, in a kind of citogenesis (xkcd 978) about language. Now, besides Wolfram MathWorld, it is used in multiple academic papers, as a quick Google Scholar search shows, and thus it can't be taken off. Even if it is not a term in use in mathematics (due in part to superellipses in general not being a popular topic) it is clearly a term in use in design. This is probably a valid process when it is about language rather than facts, though I am not sure. Either way, I love this article and it provides me with boundless enjoyment. I am not sure how much you guys care about unregistered users, but it is my honest opinion. For my money, it could be a featured article. 179.228.66.29 (talk) 13:21, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTAFORUM--MaoGo (talk) 15:19, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The IP is discussing the article itself (which is allowed), not squircles in general (which isn't). If we're quoting policy, see WP:BITE and WP:AGF. Modest Genius ^talk 16:01, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you enjoyed the article! However the quality is far too low to qualify as a featured article. The term squircle was in use in the academic literature before I created this article in 2006, but it may have become more widespread since then. Modest Genius ^talk 16:01, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

179.228.66.29 -- if you want a real "Citogenesis" look at Oxford spelling: there's little evidence that that phrase was used in that meaning before it appeared as the title of a Wikipedia article (though that inconvenient fact wasn't really discovered until 2010). However, I don't think that applies to squircle... AnonMoos (talk) 23:04, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Rounded rectangle" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Rounded rectangle has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 May 19 § Rounded rectangle until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 15:00, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

major and minor radii

Are these synonyms for semimajor and semiminor axis?

Independently, what can and the major radius is the geometric average between square and circle possibly mean? --Tamfang (talk) 06:40, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I won't look closely at the article until later, but the natural meaning would be the distance between the center and the closest and most distant points on the curve. "Semimajor and semiminor axis" are terms which have a unique defvinition for an ellipse, but would not for a squircle. AnonMoos (talk) 07:29, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Periodic squircle

It would be nice to have at least one illustration. AnonMoos (talk) 19:20, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I plugged it into https://www.desmos.com/calculator - it looks like the other illustrations, although the squircle is repeated periodically in diagnoal directions. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:47, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can this be generalized to any polygon?

I'm wondering why this shape is restricted to a square. For the periodic form, could it be generalized to some other period to make, say, a triangle (triancle?). I'm playing with it in Desmos and haven't been successful. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:49, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]