Software
In order to explore certain kinds of curves,
we have made a program which can generate a surface.
The program takes a given U, the mean curvature half
density, inputted as either a user-drawn graph, or as a constant. The program
then takes the given U and uses it to solve the differential equations
for h1 and h2. The program solves for h1 and h2 using the Runge-Kutta method.
Having calculated h1 and h2, the program then calculates
X1, X2, and X3, using the formula stated in the math section. Then,
using these formulas for X1, X2, and X3, the program generates the graphic
files and a graph of the generating curve.
We have two versions of the program:
The
application version- you need to download the .class files here.
To run the program, you will need to have a Java Run Time environment.
Type in "java Cp" in the Dos-prompt or your unix-shell. This
program will writes a .off (geomview) file and a .wrl (vrml) file on your
hard drive. You will need viewers to view these files. (Recommended for
users)
The
applet version- you can also visit our page for the applet version
of the program to get a general idea of what we are doing. This version
is convenient, but the speed and the quality of the picture is relatively
poor.
For more detailed
information on how to use this program, please click here
If you need the source code, please feel free
to contact us.
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