A downhole assembly , comprising: a centralizer , comprising: an elongated tubular member having a wall formed to provide a cross-section that provides first outwardly-convex and inwardly-concave lobes , the first lobes arranged to contact a bore wall of a bore in a section of drill string at a plurality of spots spaced apart around a circumference of the bore wall; and a plurality of inwardly-projecting portions, each of the plurality of inwardly-projecting portions arranged between two adjacent ones of the plurality of first lobes ; and further comprising: a drill string section having a bore extending longitudinally through the drill string section ; a downhole probe located in the bore of the section ; and wherein the centralizer is in the bore , the wall of the centralizer extending around the downhole probe, the wall of the centralizer formed to contact an inside surface of the bore and an outside surface of the downhole probe, a cross-section of the wall of the centralizer following a path around the downhole probe that zig zags back and forth between the outside surface of the downhole probe and the inside surface of the bore wall. a centralizer , comprising: an elongated tubular member having a wall formed to provide a cross-section that provides first outwardly-convex and inwardly-concave lobes , the first lobes arranged to contact a bore wall of a bore in a section of drill string at a plurality of spots spaced apart around a circumference of the bore wall; and a plurality of inwardly-projecting portions, each of the plurality of inwardly-projecting portions arranged between two adjacent ones of the plurality of first lobes ; and further comprising: a drill string section having a bore extending longitudinally through the drill string section ; a downhole probe located in the bore of the section ; and wherein the centralizer is in the bore , the wall of the centralizer extending around the downhole probe, the wall of the centralizer formed to contact an inside surface of the bore and an outside surface of the downhole probe, a cross-section of the wall of the centralizer following a path around the downhole probe that zig zags back and forth between the outside surface of the downhole probe and the inside surface of the bore wall. an elongated tubular member having a wall formed to provide a cross-section that provides first outwardly-convex and inwardly-concave lobes , the first lobes arranged to contact a bore wall of a bore in a section of drill string at a plurality of spots spaced apart around a circumference of the bore wall; and a plurality of inwardly-projecting portions, each of the plurality of inwardly-projecting portions arranged between two adjacent ones of the plurality of first lobes ; and further comprising: a drill string section having a bore extending longitudinally through the drill string section ; a downhole probe located in the bore of the section ; and wherein the centralizer is in the bore , the wall of the centralizer extending around the downhole probe, the wall of the centralizer formed to contact an inside surface of the bore and an outside surface of the downhole probe, a cross-section of the wall of the centralizer following a path around the downhole probe that zig zags back and forth between the outside surface of the downhole probe and the inside surface of the bore wall. a drill string section having a bore extending longitudinally through the drill string section ; a downhole probe located in the bore of the section ; and wherein the centralizer is in the bore , the wall of the centralizer extending around the downhole probe, the wall of the centralizer formed to contact an inside surface of the bore and an outside surface of the downhole probe, a cross-section of the wall of the centralizer following a path around the downhole probe that zig zags back and forth between the outside surface of the downhole probe and the inside surface of the bore wall. <EOS>