In the late 1950s, hardware became available that allowed the machining of 3D shapes out of blocks of wood or steel.1 These shapes could then be used as stamps and dies for products such as the hood of a car. The bottleneck in this production method
Preface xv Introduction xvii Mathematical Notation xix Pseudo-Code xxi Contributors xxvi 1 2D GEOMETRY Useful 2D Geometry 3 Trigonometry Summary 12 Useful Trigonometry 13 Trigonometric Functions at Select Points 18 Triangles 20 Generating Random Poi
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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1 The Design of Mathematica's Graphics Commands
1.1 Easy to Use
1.2 General purpose
1. 3 The Evolution of Mathematica's Graphics
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2 Data Typ
2.1 TwO-Dimensional Graphics Obje
