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A Visual Introduction to Cubic Surfaces Using the Computer Software Spicy

Oliver LabsDuco Van Straten

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Visual impressionComputer programComputer scienceComputer graphics (images)Computer softwarePoint (geometry)Algebraic curve

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At the end of the 19th century geometers like Clebsch, Klein and Rodenberg constructed plaster models in order to get a visual impression of their surfaces, which are so beautiful from an abstract point of view. But these were static visualizations. Using the computer program Spicy 1, which was written by the second author, one can now draw algebraic curves and surfaces depending on parameters interactively.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2003-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05148-1_12