Re: 3D plot
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- Subject: [mg36371] Re: 3D plot
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 02:56:25 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,
the volume is 0 because you get two points
Solve[{y == 4 - x^2, y == 3x}, {x, y}]
{{y -> -12, x -> -4}, {y -> 3, x -> 1}}
with
{{y -> -12, x -> -4,z->20}, {y -> 3, x -> 1,z -> 5}}
To get a nonzero volume you neeed a singel implicit equation like
0==f[x,y,z]
or you need 3 parametric equations
{ x==f[1][u,v],
y==f[2][u,v],
z==f[3][u,v]}
If you have an implicit equation you can compute the
surface with MathGL3d's MVContourPlot3D[] (not with
the ContourPlot3D[] from the standard addons, because
you need a consistent oriented surface) and than you
can triangulate the surface an sum the signed voulmes
of the tetrahedrons build from the triangles and a
fixed point in space.
For parametric surfaces you can do the same with the
polygons.
Regards
Jens
Shz Shz Oon wrote:
>
> Can I use Mathematica to find out the volumn of this 3 dimensional object from
> the equations :
>
> z=x^2 +4, y=4-x^2, y=3x
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Shz Shz