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		<id>https://wiki.povray.org/content?title=Reference:Poly&amp;diff=8610&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Jholsenback: corrected link issue</title>
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		<updated>2016-07-17T14:08:01Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;corrected link issue&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 14:08, 17 July 2016&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Where &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Order&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is an integer number from 2 to 35 inclusively that specifies the order of the equation. &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;A1, A2, ...An&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; are float values for the coefficients of the equation. There are &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; such terms where &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n = ((Order+1)*(Order+2)*(Order+3))/6.&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Where &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Order&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is an integer number from 2 to 35 inclusively that specifies the order of the equation. &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;A1, A2, ...An&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; are float values for the coefficients of the equation. There are &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; such terms where &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n = ((Order+1)*(Order+2)*(Order+3))/6.&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;If additional accuracy is required you can add the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;[[Reference:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sturm_Object_Modifier&lt;/del&gt;|sturm]]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; object modifier.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;If additional accuracy is required you can add the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;[[Reference:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Sturm Object Modifier&lt;/ins&gt;|sturm]]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; object modifier.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Jholsenback</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.povray.org/content?title=Reference:Poly&amp;diff=8535&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Jholsenback: clean up and consistency</title>
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		<updated>2016-05-31T17:04:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;clean up and consistency&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 17:04, 31 May 2016&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l7&quot; &gt;Line 7:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 7:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{#indexentry:sturm, poly}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{#indexentry:sturm, poly}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{#indexentry:keyword, sturm}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{#indexentry:keyword, sturm}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Higher order polynomial surfaces may be defined by the use of a &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Higher order polynomial surfaces may be defined by the use of a &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;poly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; shape.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;poly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; shape. The syntax is&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;The syntax is&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;POLY:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;POLY:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;where &lt;/del&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Order&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is an integer number from 2 to 35&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Where &lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Order&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is an integer number from 2 to 35 inclusively that specifies the order of the equation. &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;A1, A2, ...An&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; are float values for the coefficients of the equation. There are &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; such terms where &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n = ((Order+1)*(Order+2)*(Order+3))/6.&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;inclusively that specifies the order of the equation. &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;A1, A2, ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;If additional accuracy is required you can add the &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;[[Reference:Sturm_Object_Modifier|sturm]]&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; object modifier.&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;An&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; are float values for the coefficients of the equation. There&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;are &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; such terms where &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n = ((Order+1)*(Order+2)*(Order+3))/6.&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jholsenback</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.povray.org/content?title=Reference:Poly&amp;diff=6986&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Jholsenback: 1 revision: Reference Migration Initial Load</title>
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		<updated>2012-03-15T19:08:35Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;1 revision: Reference Migration Initial Load&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 19:08, 15 March 2012&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-notice&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;mw-diff-empty&quot;&gt;(No difference)&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jholsenback</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.povray.org/content?title=Reference:Poly&amp;diff=6985&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Jholsenback: 1 revision: Initial Load (TF)</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.povray.org/content?title=Reference:Poly&amp;diff=6985&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2012-03-11T22:27:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;1 revision: Initial Load (TF)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Objects]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Infinite Solid Primitives]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{#indexentry:poly, keyword}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{#indexentry:polynomial, keyword}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{#indexentry:keyword, poly}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{#indexentry:keyword, polynomial}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{#indexentry:sturm, poly}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{#indexentry:keyword, sturm}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Higher order polynomial surfaces may be defined by the use of a &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
poly&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; shape. The syntax is&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
POLY:&lt;br /&gt;
  poly {&lt;br /&gt;
    Order, &amp;amp;lt;A1, A2, A3,... An&amp;amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    [POLY_MODIFIERS...]&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
POLY_MODIFIERS:&lt;br /&gt;
  sturm | OBJECT_MODIFIER&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{#indexentry:default values, poly}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Poly default values:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
sturm : off&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;where &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Order&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; is an integer number from 2 to 35&lt;br /&gt;
inclusively that specifies the order of the equation. &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;A1, A2, ...&lt;br /&gt;
An&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; are float values for the coefficients of the equation. There&lt;br /&gt;
are &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; such terms where &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;n = ((Order+1)*(Order+2)*(Order+3))/6.&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Jholsenback</name></author>
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