And now a group of researchers claims to have discovered the mathematical formula that can describe the shape of the eggs of any species of bird.
Griffin believes the new “universal formula can be used in different key disciplines, especially in the food and poultry industry, and serve as a stimulus for future research based on the egg as an object of study.”.
The Kent scientists introduced an additional piriform function, thus developing a suitable mathematical model for a completely new geometric shape, characterized as the last phase of spherical-ellipsoidal evolution, which is applicable to the geometry of all eggs.
The new mathematical formula for the shape of eggs is based on four parameters: egg length, maximum width, displacement of its vertical axis and the diameter at the height of a quarter of the egg’s length.
Food research, mechanical engineering, agriculture, biology, architecture and aeronautics already used mathematical descriptions of all the basic egg shapes and are some of the areas where the new formula could have the most impact.
The new formula represents an important advance with possible applications in different sectors.
Now that the shape of an egg can be described with a mathematical formula, the work of biological systematization and optimization of processes, such as incubation and selection of birds, will become easier.