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Q: how to plot contour or density plot on a curved surface?

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  • Subject: [mg6010] Q: how to plot contour or density plot on a curved surface?
  • From: calvitti at zmo.ces.cwru.edu
  • Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:19:59 -0500
  • Organization: Case Western Reserve University
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

in Mathematica 3.0, is it possible to plot a density or contour plot
of a (real, scalar valued) function defined on a curved surface (that
i would dislay with ParametricPlot3D) like a sphere or a torus rather
than on the plane?  if so, how is this done?


thanks for the info,

 +---------------------------------+
 |          Alan Calvitti          |
 |       Control Engineering       |
 | Case Western Reserve University |
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