Figure: Visualization of the difference between a perfect sphere (radius 8mm) and a sphere with centralized distortion of 2.2 mm diameter and 0.02 mm height using 1 spline patch, 2x2 patches, 4x4 patches, and 8x8 patches.
1x1 patch 2x2 patch 4x4 patch 8x8 patch back to Section 3
2x2 patch 4x4 patch 8x8 patch back to Section 3
4x4 patch 8x8 patch back to Section 3
8x8 patch back to Section 3
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