Fall term
Fall term
Section 101
11:30-12:30 M W F
Mathematics 104
In the course this fall, as in previous years, I will show how mathematics and computers can be used together to produce graphics of mathematical interest. The primary programming language to be used is PostScript. It is ideal for this purpose because its imaging model uses affine geometry in a crucial manner. Towards the end of the course, elementary 3D graphics including perspective, and perhaps something about the regular solids, will be discussed. New this year: I will also allow work in Java, and will arrange weekly tutorials for those interested in it.
Towards the end of the term, students will have to propose and carry out their own projects. You can even look at a previous year's projects.
Students will be
given accounts in the Mathematics Department undergraduate
computer laboratory, and will also be able to
run GhostScript or GhostView
on PC-compatible machines or Macintoshes elsewhere.
The documentation below is in both PostScript
and PDF formats.
For reading PostScript you can use
GhostView & GhostScript if you do not
have another PostScript file browser.
For PDF files
Acrobat Reader is available from Adobe.
We have PostScript help on our local help facility If you would like to know something that isn't there, ask about it.
The psplot package:
gzipped (Unix)
zipped (Windows)
The tutorial applets
The review questions