[sage-support] Re: calculating and plotting polynomials with 3 variables

2008-11-20 Thread Jason Grout
Joshua Kantor wrote: > In case anyone is interested there is a relatively standard algorithm > for constructing mesh for an isosurfaces called marching cubes. For > a while that was patented so there is a marching tetrahedrons analog > but I think the patent issue is expired. Its complicated in t

[sage-support] Re: calculating and plotting polynomials with 3 variables

2008-11-20 Thread Joshua Kantor
In case anyone is interested there is a relatively standard algorithm for constructing mesh for an isosurfaces called marching cubes. For a while that was patented so there is a marching tetrahedrons analog but I think the patent issue is expired. Its complicated in that there are lots of things

[sage-support] Re: calculating and plotting polynomials with 3 variables

2008-11-20 Thread William Stein
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:21 AM, kcrisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> >> > I am really newbie to Sage, but I need to both plot and declare >> > functions like: >> > f(x,y,z) = x*y*z >> > and other poly's containing 3 variables. >> > How do I do that? >> > > It sounds like you are looking f

[sage-support] Re: calculating and plotting polynomials with 3 variables

2008-11-20 Thread kcrisman
> > > I am really newbie to Sage, but I need to both plot and declare > > functions like: > > f(x,y,z) = x*y*z > > and other poly's containing 3 variables. > > How do I do that? > It sounds like you are looking for a 3-D implicit plot. Is that correct? Or perhaps a contour plot in 3-D. Unfor

[sage-support] Re: calculating and plotting polynomials with 3 variables

2008-11-20 Thread Tim Lahey
On Nov 20, 2008, at 9:02 AM, HJ_dk wrote: > > Hi > > I am really newbie to Sage, but I need to both plot and declare > functions like: > f(x,y,z) = x*y*z > and other poly's containing 3 variables. > How do I do that? > > The plot3d-command seems like only accepting 2 variables. > Well, it isn't