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(Almost) Every shape found in nature is pretty much described by math, either from Ancient Greeks or from today's Russians and so on. I saw this masterpiece built by a fish to attract a mate:

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What's the name of this shape if any? For example a Platonic solid (no it's not)?

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    Things have names in math if they are referred to very often. This might not be referred to often enough for a common use term to have developed in the language/literature. – 2017-01-09
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    "today's Russians"... that's a good one! – 2017-01-09
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    The research first describing this can be found at http://www.nature.com/articles/srep02106 . – 2017-01-09
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    @BarryCipra shouldn't that amazing link you shared been posted as an answer? I see your point The Count. Barak, well, I smiled when I wrote it.. =) – 2017-01-09
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    @gsamaras, well, the link doesn't address your specific question, which I take to be whether the shape has a particular mathematical name. It might be of interest to do a Fourier or wavelet analysis of the shapes, but that would require more detailed data. – 2017-01-09
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    BTW, this question reminds me of an old radio commercial from the 1970s, for a product I no longer remember. The commercial was created by a comedy duo, whose names I also no longer recall. It alluded to the movie *Jaws*, and the punch line, delivered in an agitated shriek, was, "The shark doesn't have a name!" – 2017-01-09
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    @BarryCipra indeed, but it's really interesting, thanks for sharing. It's amazing what the fish does! As for the commercial, born in 1992, I don't recall it either ;p – 2017-01-09
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    @gsamaras Why do you have deleted the last question ? I mean this one: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2129458/how-to-prove-that-this-quantity-is-zero – 2017-02-05
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    Because it was downvoted @callculus, thus I thought that the community suggested I should deleted.. – 2017-02-05
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    @gsamaras The downvotes for questions, and sometimes for answers, are often not comprehensible. I wouldn´t take the downvotes too seriously. If you are still interested in an answer you can reopen the question. – 2017-02-05

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"I can give an equation that produces this" and "this has a name" are not the same thing. I doubt this has a name.

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    Thank you for your answer Stella. That might be the case, I was just wondering... – 2017-01-09