Re: plotting a knot on a torus
Hans-Bernhard Bröker <[email protected]>
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Am 04.01.2019 um 05:11 schrieb Brian Merchant: > I plotted a torus, and a knot on it, using the following commands: > However, if I plot a more complicated knot: > > splot [-pi:pi][-pi:pi] (2 + cos(u))*cos(v), (2 + cos(u))*sin(v), sin(u), > [-pi:pi][-pi:pi] (2 + cos(3*u))*cos(2*u), (2 + cos(3*u))*sin(2*u), sin(2*u), > > then the knot's curve breaks :( I'm convinced that that's because that knot curve is not actually _on_ the torus. It dives into it, and therefore hidden3d is doing exactly what you asked it to. _______________________________________________ gnuplot-info mailing list [email protected] Membership management via: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-info