Re: Plotting 3D Conics
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- Subject: [mg4941] Re: [mg4912] Plotting 3D Conics
- From: Xah Lee <xah at best.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 02:02:11 -0400
- Organization: Best Internet Communications
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> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 00:17:46 -0400 > From: Dr David Michael Webster <David_Webster at scmolec.demon.co.uk> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Subject: [mg4912] Plotting 3D Conics > > Could anyone help me out with the following > > I want to plot a 3D conic in Mathematica v2.0 (NeXT) - how do I do it? The web page http://www.best.com/~xah/SpecialPlaneCurves_dir/ConicSections_dir/conicSections.html contain many notebooks that plots various styles of sliced cone with Dandelin spheres. If all you want is a simple graphics of a cone, then you can use Shapes.m that comes with your Mathematica. Xah xah at best.com; 74631.731 at compuserve.com http://www.best.com/~xah/SpecialPlaneCurves_dir/specialPlaneCurves.html Mountain View, CA, USA ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====