There was also this awesome permutahedron mirrors image that Marshall
Hampton posted recently (see November 18 on Planet Sage).
Alex
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Ronan Paixão <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> I'd use something from Tachyon, since it's something implemented
> recently. Here's a nice, simple snippet:
>
> x, y = var('x y')
> W = plot3d(sin(pi*((x)^2+(y)^2))/2,(x,-1,1),(y,-1,1),
> frame=False,color='purple', opacity=0.8)
> S = sphere((0,0,0),size=0.3, color='red', aspect_ratio=[1,1,1])
> show(W + S, figsize=8, viewer='tachyon')
>
> Also, something with animate() would be nice to show off.
>
> Ronan Paixão
>
> Em Qui, 2008-11-20 às 15:28 -0500, David Joyner escreveu:
> > Sounds like they want two paragraphs on Sage, plus picture or graph, in
> word.
> > I am drawing ab blank as far as what a good picture/graph/chart should
> be.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:13 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Sage-Devel,
> > >
> > > Anybody want to put together a 1-page MS word document highlighting
> cool
> > > things about Sage during the last year (e.g., winning trophees du
> libre, having
> > > lots of conferences, 3d graphics, fastest xyz in the world, helping
> > > with teaching/research,
> > > etc.)? I got this thing below from NSF, and since NSF has funded a
> > > lot of work on
> > > Sage, it would make sense to give them a page about Sage. This would
> serve
> > > the dual purpose of free advertising for Sage as well to lots of
> > > people with influence
> > > on money.
> > >
> > > William
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Jameson, Leland M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:54 AM
> > > Subject: Highlight
> > > To: William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Colleague,
> > >
> > > At about this time of the year we must write yearly reports for the
> > > various programs. It is very helpful for us if we have so-called
> > > highlights that give some examples of research we have funded during
> the
> > > previous year or years. If you have some examples that we could use it
> > > would be helpful. Highlights with some kind of color picture, graph, or
> > > chart are easy for non-specialists to understand and are probably the
> > > most useful. Please submit these highlights to me via email with the
> > > following guidelines:
> > >
> > > Please use either Powerpoint or Word formated documents.
> > >
> > > Please submit results and pictures that have already been obtained, not
> > > plans for future results. Accordingly, the text should explain these
> > > results as having already been obtained.
> > >
> > > Please keep the text to a couple of paragraphs that do not use
> technical
> > > mathematical language.
> > >
> > > These highlights are meant for the educated public and not the
> > > specialist.
> > >
> > > Thank you very much.
> > >
> > > Lee Jameson
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dr. Leland M. Jameson
> > >
> > > Program Director
> > >
> > > Computational and Applied Mathematics
> > >
> > > Division of Mathematical Sciences
> > >
> > > National Science Foundation
> > >
> > > 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1025
> > >
> > > Arlington, Virginia 22230
> > >
> > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > Tel: 703-292-4883
> > >
> > > Fax: 703-292-9032
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > William Stein
> > > Associate Professor of Mathematics
> > > University of Washington
> > > http://wstein.org
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>
--
Alex Ghitza -- Lecturer in Mathematics -- The University of Melbourne --
Australia -- http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~aghitza/
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