In article <397FF3F8.1CD236F3@skynet.be>, Fabien Mosen 
<fab### [at] skynetbe> wrote:

> Could someone explain to me, briefly, the meaning of the following
> isosurfaces functions : 
> 
> r, s, %, min(), max().

min() and max() take two parameters, and return the lesser and greater 
of the two respectively. min(A, B) will return A if it is lower than B, 
and B if it is lower than A, max() does the opposite, returning the 
greater value.

% is modulus
! is factorial
^ is exponentiation

t is the clock value, according to the function pattern documentation, 
however, the isoblob functions also use r, s, and t. In isoblobs, they 
are the coordinates of something...I'm not sure what, though. Looking at 
the code, it seems to be coordinates in "component space", after the 
transformations are done, while x, y, and z would be absolute, 
non-transformed coordinates.
Take this with a grain of salt though...I find this portion of the code 
difficult to read(argh, more global variables!).

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