I'm a professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina Asheville. I've also done a fair amount of consulting work over the years focusing on scientific and data visualization.
I'm happy to be part of the first Observable Ambassador's cohort.
PlotX3DExamples of parametric surfacesDisks for a solid of revolutionShells for a solid of revolutionIntersecting cylindersNon-orientability of a Mobius stripNon-orientability of the Klein bottleThe xxx^xxx-spindlePlotX3D HyperboloidX3Dom primitivesParametric surfacesSpace curves and tubesHollow cylinderPlotX3D InteractionsUnderstanding X3D viewpointsX3Dom UtilitiesPartial derivativesA PlotX3D animationPolar CoordinatesDouble and iterated integralsLevel surfacesExamples of level surfacesA strange discontinuityTangent plane to a level surfaceUnfolding polyhedraFunctions of two variablesTracing a path on a sphereCooling of a sphereBMWalker via PlotX3DThe Canted HelixAnimated HelixRauzy FractalsThe eleven unfoldings of the cubeWavy spheres
Turntable for PlotX3D (improved)
show_x3d([
create_surface((x, y) => [x, y, (x ** 2 - y ** 2) / 2], [-2, 2], [-2, 2])
])
show_x3d(
[create_surface((x, y) => [x, y, (x ** 2 - y ** 2) / 2], [-2, 2], [-2, 2])],
{ nav_type: "turntable" , viewpoint: {position: '5.934379591951141 3.8776927184197207 -7.527724625685273', orientation: '-0.0660961660580224 0.9794390774060775 0.1906053264795136,2.4867613403378197'}}
)
show_x3d(
[create_surface((x, z) => [x, (x ** 2 - z ** 2) / 2, z], [-2, 2], [-2, 2])],
{
nav_type: "turntable",
viewpoint: {
position: '5.889397080091685 2.7934326318752367 -7.721164007228263',
orientation: '-0.047108402650163674 0.9891098499931613 0.13943637633794195,2.496586810720501'
}
}
)
import { create_surface } from "@mcmcclur/plotx3d"
import { show_x3d } from "0ceffac41413812f"
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