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  Re: Pattern showing *change* in slope  
From: SharkD
Date: 28 Aug 2009 11:52:04
Message: <4a97fd24$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> SharkD <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Is there a function in POV that will allow me to automatically take the 
>> derivative of another function?
> 
>   Calculating the derivative of a function analytically is not trivial
> and has such low demand that povray obviously doesn't offer such a thing.
> 
>   A numerical approximation could be easier, but still the demand is so
> low that no such luck.
> 
>   But I think the user-defined functions are expressive enough for you to
> do it in SDL.
>


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