mathematical hearts with Maple
2d and 3d mathematically described heart shapes, realized here with the
mathematical software Maple (computer
algebra system: wiki).
3-d heart:
The lace heart:
- lace valentine!
thanks,
john!
This is the polar coordinate graph of the following equation:
- Tweeking this last heart gives a symmetric version:
heartlacetweek.mw
Notice the imperfection at the bottom of the heart! It reveals the asymmetry
about the vertical reflection axis of symmetry and an irregularity at the
tip in the smoothness of the plot. Fixing these reveals the power of a
computer algebra system.
- some more d2
hearts from Wolfram MathWorld