Re: Graphing Hyperboloids
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- Subject: [mg25588] Re: Graphing Hyperboloids
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 21:43:28 -0400 (EDT)
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Andy,
Try the Standard Package Graphics`ContourPlot3D, look it up in the Help
Browser.
<< Graphics`ContourPlot3D`
ContourPlot3D[(x^2/16) + (y^2/4) - z^2 - 1,
{x, -10, 10}, {y, -7, 7}, {z, -10, 10},
AxesLabel -> {"x", "y", "z"}, Ticks -> True, Axes -> True];
Show[%, ViewPoint -> {0, -3, 0]
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Allan
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"Andy Sokol" <asokol at fit.edu> wrote in message
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>
> Hello at Math Group!
>
> Unfortunately, I am not very skilled with Mathematica, and have been
> assigned a few problems for Calculus 3. I'm been working on these for
> hours and I'm just absolutely stumped on the last two. None of my
> classmates have been able to solve it either, so I was searching for
> something to help me and I found you! This assignment is due tomorrow,
> and so I guess I'm kind of just keeping my fingers crossed that you guys
> may be reading this at 12:30 am.
>
> I really hope this is like a super-easy problem for you...
>
> The problems are:
>
> Graph the hyperboloid of one-sheet: (x^2 / 16) + (y^2 / 4) - z^2 = 1
>
> Graph the hyperboloid of "one-sheet" (it's written as one sheet on the
> page, but based on the equation I believe that's just a typo and it's of
> two-sheets): (x^2 / 16) - (y^2 / 4) - z^2 = 1
>
> Please please someone help me!!!
>
>
> Andy Sokol
> Florida Institute of Technology
> asokol at fit.edu
>
>