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Xah Lee

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Re: [mg4908] help!! Plot3D of ellipsoid
Posted: Oct 9, 1996 2:06 PM

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Someone wrote:
>
> > I am trying to get a 3-d plot of an ellipsiod, of the equation
> >
> > (x^2/a^2) + (y^2/b^2) + (z^2/c^2) = 1
> >...

"Paul R. Wellin" <wellin@wolfram.com> wrote:
> You will have to parametrize the surface. I'll leave the
> details to you...

Whoever are interested:

You can also plot it using ContourPlot3D.m by Tom Wickerham Jones at
Wolfram. It is available on MathSource. (http://www.wolfram.com) Sorry I
don't have the file ID handy.

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