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Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics

From "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.programming
Subject Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics
Date 2013-05-21 13:48 -0700
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> "Brian"  wrote in message 
> news:dd651185-6c10-4032-884a-0105618facc0@v14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...

> Hi, I have one last question about programming:

> I read somewhere that programmers sometimes use mathematical equations
> to represent graphics, and that the programmers write code that
> transforms the equations into the graphics that they want.  I didn't
> know this was possible.  Is it possible to do this?

Perhaps IFS might be of interest to you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterated_function_system

You can mold many shapes indeed!

:^) 

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Using Equations To Represent Graphics Brian <briansipler@yahoo.com> - 2013-05-21 09:19 -0700
  Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics James <jjpuzzles@wowway.com> - 2013-05-21 11:28 -0700
    Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics Brian <briansipler@yahoo.com> - 2013-05-21 12:22 -0700
      Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics James <jjpuzzles@wowway.com> - 2013-05-21 13:10 -0700
  Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2013-05-22 02:44 +0700
  Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid> - 2013-05-21 13:48 -0700
  Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2013-05-21 19:01 -0500
    Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics Brian <briansipler@yahoo.com> - 2013-05-21 17:25 -0700
  Re: Using Equations To Represent Graphics bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2013-05-22 09:20 -0700

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