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Graphing parametric surfaces

Michael Gerardo
Posted 11 years ago
How do you plot x = 2sinh(u), y = v, z = 2cosh(u) in Wolfram Language or Mathematica?  Everything I try fails and I'm ready to shoot my computer.  Do I need a different CAS?  Why is this so hard?
POSTED BY: Michael Gerardo
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what is `v`  in `y = v` ? assuming this is a typo and it is meant to be `u` then
ClearAll[u]
ParametricPlot3D[{2 Sinh[u], u, 2 Cosh[u]}, {u, -Pi/4, Pi/4}, PlotStyle -> {Thick, Red}, AxesLabel -> {x, y, z}]

For y=v then
ClearAll[u, v]
ParametricPlot3D[{2 Sinh[u], v, 2 Cosh[u]}, {u, -Pi/4, Pi/4}, {v, -Pi/4, Pi/4}, PlotStyle -> {Thick, Red}, AxesLabel -> {x, y, z}]
POSTED BY: Nasser M. Abbasi
Michael Gerardo
Michael Gerardo
Posted 11 years ago
No, y is independent of x and z.  I'm trying to plot a parametric surface.  I can see the example in Mathematica but it doesn't accept my input.  It recognizes v as an independent variable in the example but doesn't like my input.  it should be a hyperbolic parabloid of some form.
POSTED BY: Michael Gerardo
Michael Gerardo
Michael Gerardo
Posted 11 years ago
Thank you, this program is confusing to me.  I just wanted a simple 3D graphing program.
POSTED BY: Michael Gerardo
Michael Gerardo
Michael Gerardo
Posted 11 years ago
You wouldn't happen to know how to graph a TNB frame?
POSTED BY: Michael Gerardo
 it should be a hyperbolic parabloid of some form
see it there http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HyperbolicParaboloid.html , please and display it 
ParametricPlot3D[{u, v, 1/3 u v}, {u, -2, 2}, {v, -3, 4}]
your parametrization was wrong. It can't be simpler, right? In any case you should follow the syntax (cosh(u) from school is
Cosh[u]
in Mathematica) if you want  to keep your computer healthy and yourself productive.
POSTED BY: Udo Krause
You wouldn't happen to know how to graph a TNB frame?
a tangent-normal-binormal frame on a curve in 3D you will hardly do with a simple 3D graphing program. With Mma you can do it. Again, read a bit, the mathematical name is Frenet-Formulae

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FrenetFormulas.html

and here is a simulation

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/FrenetFrame/ 

you  can download the notebook, see all formulae and experiment with it. You need to compute the tangential vector, the normal vector and the cross product of the two former and you are done, it's necessary that the curve has 2 continous derivatives at least.
POSTED BY: Udo Krause
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