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These functions can be used to calculate the surface areas and bending energies
of oblate spheroids, elliptic hyperboloids and combinations of oblate spheroids
and elliptic hyperboloids, as described in the publication 'A Biophysical
Model for Plant Cell Plate Development' by Jawaid et al. Further explanations
about how to use this codeare given in the functions.'
Authored by Muhammad Zaki Jawaid Contact via email (zjawaid@ucdavis.edu) for questions Uploaded to GitHub 8/23/2020 """