Wolfram Alpha
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guslI have finally had an opportunity to use Wolfram Alpha productively, as I wanted to plot a locus. I'm thankful that I don't have to buy Mathematica.
The positive quadrant of http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x^2*y^2+%3D+1 is a hyperbola, as some trivial math shows, although Alpha doesn't recognize it as such.
The positive quadrant of http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x^2*y^2+%3D+1 is a hyperbola, as some trivial math shows, although Alpha doesn't recognize it as such.
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Date: 2010-07-21 06:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-07-29 12:48 am (UTC)I don't think it does that for other graphs, does it ("this is a line", "this is a parabola")? I can see how that might be an interesting feature... although only the simplest of plots end up having english names, so it would only be useful in a few special cases.