help!! Plot3D of ellipsoid
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- Subject: [mg4908] help!! Plot3D of ellipsoid
- From: sab18 at po.cwru.edu (Seth)
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 00:17:43 -0400
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I am trying to get a 3-d plot of an ellipsiod, of the equation
(x^2/a^2) + (y^2/b^2) + (z^2/c^2) = 1
manipulating the equation I can get
z = (c^2 (1- (x^2/a^2) - (y^2/b^2)))^1/2
then, with the constants defined, I write
Plot3D[z,{x,0,a},{y,0,b}]
Mathematica then spits out a bunch of errors
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