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[MUG] 3dplot help.
| [MUG] 3dplot help. |
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Author: Jason C Leach
Posted: 06/10/2000 01:59:13 GDT
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>> From: "Jason C. Leach"
hi,
Can anyone give me a few tips on plotting in 3d? I'm doing a class on Calc
w/ 3 variables and would like to use maple to better visualize some of the
problems.
For example, if I have 3 points (3,0.0), (0,2,0), and (0,0,4) that make up
a triangle, I'd like to plot the 3 vectors between them. Then, I might do
something like find the distance from a 4th point to that triangle; or
perhaps from a point to a line.
Perhaps I should be asking, if I have several vectors, how can I plot
them in 3d.
While I'm at it, can maple deal with error values that one typically finds
in physics. For example I'd like to add: 3.0 (plus or minus) 1.0, and 4.1
(plus or minus) 2.1.
I think I'm just going to have to pick up a maple book.
j.
......................
..... Jason C. Leach
... University College of the Cariboo.
. BSc. Comp. Sci. Candidate for 2001.
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| [MUG] Re: 3dplot help. |
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Author: Mike May, S J
Posted: 09/10/2000 23:19:51 GDT
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>> From: "Mike May, S.J."
Jason,
Let me give a number of fundamentally different paths depending on
how you want to use Maple for teaching and how much Maple you already
know.
The best package of Maple macros for teaching Multi-variable
calculus that I know o is the mvcal2 package by Cheung, et. al.
It can be obtained from
http://fmwww.bc.edu/MT/gopher/maple.mvcal2/dir.html
Among other commands, the package has a drawvector3d command.
I would recommend the package route if you are planning to use Maple
almost entirely for demonstrations. (Maple is then something that the students
do not learn.) You should also be fairly good with Maple yourself.
You may also want to use the package approach if your program assumes
that the students will learn how to do serious programming with Maple.
A second route is to use worksheets both for demonstrations and
for student activities. I have been using Maple that way for
multi-variable calculus for a number of years now. My worksheets are
available via anonymous ftp from euler.slu.edu. I have about 30
worksheets for multi-variable calculus, organized according to the
McCallum book. You sound like you would be interested in the
preliminary worksheets that deal with introducing the students to Maple
and to plotting. Chapter 15 has worksheets on plotting in alternate
coordinate systems and chapter 12 has worksheets on drawing vectors.
The worksheets can also be found at
http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/Courses/Coursewaredevelopment.html
I like the worksheet model because it allows me to use Maple for
fairly complicated graphics without teaching the students a lot of
programming. I have also found it to be a good way to make material
accessible to other faculty here.
Finally, since you mentioned picking up a Maple book, I can't resist giving
a plug for the one I co-authored. Getting Started With Maple by Cheung,
Keough, and May is sold by Wiley press. It is aimed at an introductory
level.
Mike May, S.J.
> >> From: "Jason C. Leach"
>
>hi,
>
>Can anyone give me a few tips on plotting in 3d? I'm doing a class on Calc
>w/ 3 variables and would like to use maple to better visualize some of the
>problems.
>
>For example, if I have 3 points (3,0.0), (0,2,0), and (0,0,4) that make up
>a triangle, I'd like to plot the 3 vectors between them. Then, I might do
>something like find the distance from a 4th point to that triangle; or
>perhaps from a point to a line.
>
>Perhaps I should be asking, if I have several vectors, how can I plot
>them in 3d.
>
>While I'm at it, can maple deal with error values that one typically finds
>in physics. For example I'd like to add: 3.0 (plus or minus) 1.0, and 4.1
>(plus or minus) 2.1.
>
>I think I'm just going to have to pick up a maple book.
>
>j.
>
>......................
>..... Jason C. Leach
>... University College of the Cariboo.
>. BSc. Comp. Sci. Candidate for 2001.
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| [MUG] Re: 3dplot help. |
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Author: Mike May, S J
Posted: 12/10/2000 22:57:19 GDT
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>> From: "Mike May, S.J."
I mistyped the address last time, adding a period rather than a slash.
It should be:
http://fmwww.bc.edu/MT/gopher/maple/mvcal2/dir.html
Sorry,
Mike
> >> From: "Mike May, S.J."
>
>Jason,
>
>Let me give a number of fundamentally different paths depending on
>how you want to use Maple for teaching and how much Maple you already
>know.
>
>The best package of Maple macros for teaching Multi-variable
>calculus that I know of is the mvcal2 package by Cheung, et. al.
>It can be obtained from
>http://fmwww.bc.edu/MT/gopher/maple.mvcal2/dir.html
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