#Header Begins--Do not remove################################################## # # Maple code to plot space curves as in Figures 1.12-14 of book. # # (c) Eugene Fiume, University of Toronto, 1995. # # You are permitted to use this code for noncommercial, educational # purposes only. This header must not be removed from this file. # #Header Ends--Do not remove#################################################### with(plots): x := 5*t^2 -2*t + 1 ; y := -5*t^2 ; # experiment with different curves z := 2*t^2 + 4*t; spacecurve([x,y,z],t=-1.5..1.5,numpoints=100,axes=FRAME,labels=[X,Y,Z],scaling=CONSTRAINED); xx := 16*t^3 - 5*t^2 -2*t + 1 ; yy := 12*t^3 - 8*t^2; zz := 8*t^3 - 2*t^2; spacecurve([xx,y,z],t=-3.0..2,numpoints=100,axes=FRAME,labels=[X,Y,Z],scaling=UNCONSTRAINED); spacecurve([xx,yy,zz],t=-0.5..0.5,numpoints=100,axes=FRAME,labels=[X,Y,Z],scaling=UNCONSTRAINED);