http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/101050-Family-Of-Surfaces-In-3D-How-Constants en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:54:56 GMT Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:54:56 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, 'Family' of surfaces in 3D, how constants change shape http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/101050-Family-Of-Surfaces-In-3D-How-Constants http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/101050-Family-Of-Surfaces-In-3D-How-Constants?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:'Family' of surfaces in 3D, how constants change shape:Comments#answer101051 <p>Look at <a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=Explore">?Explore</a> .</p> <p>Explore(plot3d((a*x^2+b*y^2)*exp(-x^2-y^2), x = -2 .. 2, y = -2 .. 2));</p> <p>PS. Skip x and y.</p> <p>PPS. See also <a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=Using">Using </a>the Exploration Assistant in <a href='http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=Explore' target='_new'>?Explore</a> .</p> <p>Look at <a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=Explore">?Explore</a> .</p> <p>Explore(plot3d((a*x^2+b*y^2)*exp(-x^2-y^2), x = -2 .. 2, y = -2 .. 2));</p> <p>PS. Skip x and y.</p> <p>PPS. See also <a href="http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=Using">Using </a>the Exploration Assistant in <a href='http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/search.aspx?term=Explore' target='_new'>?Explore</a> .</p> 101051 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:10:49 Z hirnyk hirnyk http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/101050-Family-Of-Surfaces-In-3D-How-Constants?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:'Family' of surfaces in 3D, how constants change shape:Comments#comment101052 <p>You might also want to make the end-points for the a-slider and b-slider be floating point values. Ie, 10.0 instead of 10 the exact integer. That will allow for more smoothly varying values of a and b, not just integer values. This is not related to the check-box "floating-point computation" in the Explore pop-up.</p> <p>Notice what happens when, for some fixed a, b slides from being less than a to being greater than a. And vice versa.</p> <p>You might also want to make the end-points for the a-slider and b-slider be floating point values. Ie, 10.0 instead of 10 the exact integer. That will allow for more smoothly varying values of a and b, not just integer values. This is not related to the check-box "floating-point computation" in the Explore pop-up.</p> <p>Notice what happens when, for some fixed a, b slides from being less than a to being greater than a. And vice versa.</p> 101052 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:39:15 Z pagan pagan