Another Java library for 3D interactive rendering. Don’t forget checking out the demos.
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Sliced solids
The greatest thing since sliced bread.
http://michelle.esfm.ipn.mx/~mrspock/slice/
Enjoy! We’re starting with this post a brand new column “Handy Math” – it’s dedicated to Professor Feynman of course.
PS Yes dear readers, watch for another new column later in the week.
600-cell 3-projection
A 3-D projection of the 600-cell. Can you tell how it was done? Where are all the 600 cells?
Pendulums
We promised this week we’d post a multiple pendulums app. Sorry, I’m not sure we can keep our promise. We have many more. A quick search on one of our iDevices listed the following. Enjoy! Feel free to use the comments to suggest more.
Double Pendulum
DoublePendulum
Pendulums
ChaosPend
MechanicalPendulums
ChaosSwitchView2
TriplePendulum
SextuplePendulum
Number-crunching
We all have heard about how important is qualitative analysis of, e.g., differential equations, lest the numerical solution leads us astray. But have we heard any lecture on situations which defy calculus, and yet can be tackled by a modern computer? Of course, the Monte Carlo method. Anything else? If you can’t come up with anything else, read the book by Paul Nahin for a lot more.
Stella4D
This software is not free, in fact it’s quite expensive. However, it’s simply the best when it comes to polyhedra and polytopes. Amazing.
The Geometry Center
We are sorry to say that the Geometry Center is now closed, and has been for a few years. Pester your congressperson.
