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Re: Plotting a hyperbolic paraboloid (saddle)

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  • Subject: [mg78929] Re: Plotting a hyperbolic paraboloid (saddle)
  • From: dimitris <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:59:09 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <f74tck$95v$1@smc.vnet.net>

            William S.       :
> Does anyone know how to plot a hyperbolic paraboloid?

See here

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HyperbolicParaboloid.html

Two very examples follows now

In[3]:=
ParametricPlot3D[{u, v, u*v}, {u, -3, 3}, {v, -3, 3}]

In[4]:=
Plot3D[y^2/2 - x^2/3, {y, -2, 2}, {x, -3, 3}]

"Playing" with the options you can make them look
much more better.

Dimitris



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