Procedures to Animate
Traces and Tangent Planes for Functions of 2 Variables
by Brandon Cook
Texas A&M University
x and y Traces:
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Maple Worksheet for AniTrace procedure
The commands below will give the plots at the right:
AniTrace(-x^3*y^2, x=-5..5, y=-6..6, x);
AniTrace(-x^3*y^2, x=-5..5, y=-6..6, y);
Tangent Planes:
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Maple Worksheet for AniTanPlane procedure
The command below will give the plot at the right:
AniTanPlane(x*y, x=-5..5, y=-6..6, 48);
Last Updated: May 6, 2008, PBY
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