Proud of the offspring!

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

My son is in engineering school, had a question on his final, "describe the shape with the smallest surface area/volume ratio, and one with the biggest". So he answered sphere, and, I can't believe it: "Hypocycloid -- like the Steelers logo, Go Steelers!".

Dang, I'm proud of the dude! (He got a great grade on the final, hasn't gotten the test back to see if the answer was "engineering correct" (spikiness is the feature they were looking for), even though it is obviously the "best" answer for those with Black & Gold goggles)!

[pittpete]

Proud Steelers dad moment..
Congrats

[bostonsteeler]

My son is in engineering school, had a question on his final, "describe the shape with the smallest surface area/volume ratio, and one with the biggest". So he answered sphere, and, I can't believe it: "Hypocycloid -- like the Steelers logo, Go Steelers!".

Dang, I'm proud of the dude! (He got a great grade on the final, hasn't gotten the test back to see if the answer was "engineering correct" (spikiness is the feature they were looking for), even though it is obviously the "best" answer for those with Black & Gold goggles)!

Niiiice!!!! He's engineering correct too. Dang, that's a brilliant way to combine science and fanhood!!!

[Shoe]

Right on SASFan. Good on him! And, you taught this old dog what the logo actually was. In all my years, I never thought to look it up!

[RuthlessBurgher]

I can certainly appreciate the logic, but the hypocyloids in the Steelers logo are 2 dimensional shapes. Is a 3 dimensional version of a hypocycloid still called a hypocycloid? I'm picturing Leo DiCaprio spinning that top in the movie Inception. Something like that.

[papillon]

I can certainly appreciate the logic, but the hypocyloids in the Steelers logo are 2 dimensional shapes. Is a 3 dimensional version of a hypocycloid still called a hypocycloid? I'm picturing Leo DiCaprio spinning that top in the movie Inception. Something like that.

There's always a killjoy in the crowd.

Pappy