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Finally ready to start playing with POVRay, but even though math was
always my strong point in school, I have only a high-school education,
and that ended 20 years ago. So, two questions:
1) Aside from the obvious basic geometry, what areas of math are most
useful for basic and advanced POVRay use?
2) What are the best easy-to-find books (the kind I could find at
Barnes & Noble et al) for brushing myself up on/teaching myself said
math?
Thanks!
Calidore
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Well I don't know about books, at least, not that you'll find outside
a college bookstore. But I have a program that seems fairly decent that
I use to brush up on my math skills. It's called Highscool math
advantage 2000. From Encore Education. The version I have is
cross-platform. I think they update it every year and it covers
everything. Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Trig, Pre-Calc,
Calc, and Statistics. It makes use of visual aides, short quizzes and
timed tests.(you set the time.)
As for the Required math: I must admit I don't do anything nearly as
complex as some around here, but I find that a firm grasp on basic math
(i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.) serve for most
things. Occasionally I'll resort to some fairly simple algebra and a few
well documented trig functions I found on
http://www.hoboes.com/html/NetLife/POV/ ).
Unless you're planning to get into programming complex macros, I
shouldn't think you'd need more than that, or at least, not much more.
Although I could be wrong.
The thing I've found the most essential is Persistance. There's a
reason the word is part of the name.
ADB
Calidore wrote:
> Finally ready to start playing with POVRay, but even though math was
> always my strong point in school, I have only a high-school education,
> and that ended 20 years ago. So, two questions:
>
> 1) Aside from the obvious basic geometry, what areas of math are most
> useful for basic and advanced POVRay use?
>
> 2) What are the best easy-to-find books (the kind I could find at
> Barnes & Noble et al) for brushing myself up on/teaching myself said
> math?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Calidore
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Wouldn't it be nice if someone had a 3D-Maths-PovRay orientated web site!
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Calidore wrote:..
> Finally ready to start playing with POVRay, but even though math was
> always my strong point in school, I have only a high-school education,
> and that ended 20 years ago. So, two questions:
>
> 1) Aside from the obvious basic geometry, what areas of math are most
> useful for basic and advanced POVRay use?
I think some 3D analytical geometry is very useful for using PovRay if
you don't use a modeler. Knowing something about equations of a plane,
sphere,... can be useful in defining objects.
Of course you can go further: equations of more complex surfaces, the
use of splines etc...
>
> 2) What are the best easy-to-find books (the kind I could find at
> Barnes & Noble et al) for brushing myself up on/teaching myself said
> math?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Calidore
>
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"Calidore" <nos### [at] thanksanyway com> wrote in message
news:59g9e0tgtlie37pa0pppl6jlsrh4tqglji@4ax.com...
> Finally ready to start playing with POVRay, but even though math was
> always my strong point in school, I have only a high-school education,
> and that ended 20 years ago. So, two questions:
>
> 1) Aside from the obvious basic geometry, what areas of math are most
> useful for basic and advanced POVRay use?
>
> 2) What are the best easy-to-find books (the kind I could find at
> Barnes & Noble et al) for brushing myself up on/teaching myself said
> math?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Calidore
a million interesting things can be learned from wandering through
http://mathworld.wolfram.com
also, http://planetmath.org/ which has a "Books" section for freely
available electronic books
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> 1) Aside from the obvious basic geometry, what areas of math are most
> useful for basic and advanced POVRay use?
It depends, but I'd say linear algebra - it covers points, vectors,
matrices and problems like finding line/triangle intersections, etc...
> 2) What are the best easy-to-find books (the kind I could find at
> Barnes & Noble et al) for brushing myself up on/teaching myself said
> math?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1568810741/ is a nice
introduction.
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On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:05:30 -0500, Calidore wrote:
> Finally ready to start playing with POVRay, but even though math was
> always my strong point in school, I have only a high-school education,
> and that ended 20 years ago. So, two questions:
>
> 1) Aside from the obvious basic geometry, what areas of math are most
> useful for basic and advanced POVRay use?
>
> 2) What are the best easy-to-find books (the kind I could find at
> Barnes & Noble et al) for brushing myself up on/teaching myself said
> math?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Calidore
Funny you should bring this up. I think I've probably learned more math
FROM using POV-Ray than anything else I've done :)
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On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:17:45 -0400, "Ross" <rli### [at] everestkcnet>
wrote:
>"Calidore" <nos### [at] thanksanywaycom> wrote in message
>news:59g9e0tgtlie37pa0pppl6jlsrh4tqglji@4ax.com...
>> Finally ready to start playing with POVRay, but even though math was
>> always my strong point in school, I have only a high-school education,
>> and that ended 20 years ago. So, two questions:
>>
>> 1) Aside from the obvious basic geometry, what areas of math are most
>> useful for basic and advanced POVRay use?
>>
>> 2) What are the best easy-to-find books (the kind I could find at
>> Barnes & Noble et al) for brushing myself up on/teaching myself said
>> math?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Calidore
>
>a million interesting things can be learned from wandering through
>http://mathworld.wolfram.com
>
>also, http://planetmath.org/ which has a "Books" section for freely
>available electronic books
>
>
Wow. Looks like most of that stuff is way past my level, but luckily
(?) my brain already exploded a few weeks ago when, having realized
I've heard a lot of talk about the end of the universe but nothing at
all about the beginning (before the big bang, as in, how'd that state
come about), I did some googling. Ow. The strong-skulled are
referred to http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/qanda.html
Still, I've bookmarked the pages for educational browsing. Thanks!
Best,
Calidore
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On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 02:40:48 -0600, "Anthony D. Baye"
<ant### [at] sdsmtedu> wrote:
> Well I don't know about books, at least, not that you'll find outside
>
>a college bookstore. But I have a program that seems fairly decent that
>I use to brush up on my math skills. It's called Highscool math
>advantage 2000. From Encore Education. The version I have is
>cross-platform. I think they update it every year and it covers
>everything. Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Trig, Pre-Calc,
>Calc, and Statistics. It makes use of visual aides, short quizzes and
>timed tests.(you set the time.)
Didn't even think about software, but I've heard of Math Advantage.
I'll check that out.
>
> As for the Required math: I must admit I don't do anything nearly as
>complex as some around here, but I find that a firm grasp on basic math
>(i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.)
I can handle that.
>serve for most
>things. Occasionally I'll resort to some fairly simple algebra and a few
>well documented trig functions I found on
>http://www.hoboes.com/html/NetLife/POV/ ).
> Unless you're planning to get into programming complex macros, I
>shouldn't think you'd need more than that, or at least, not much more.
>Although I could be wrong.
> The thing I've found the most essential is Persistance. There's a
>reason the word is part of the name.
Thanks!
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On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:05:30 -0500, Calidore <nos### [at] thanksanywaycom>
wrote:
>Finally ready to start playing with POVRay, but even though math was
>always my strong point in school, I have only a high-school education,
>and that ended 20 years ago. So, two questions:
>
>1) Aside from the obvious basic geometry, what areas of math are most
>useful for basic and advanced POVRay use?
>
>2) What are the best easy-to-find books (the kind I could find at
>Barnes & Noble et al) for brushing myself up on/teaching myself said
>math?
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>Calidore
I appreciate the responses, folks. Thank you all!
Best,
Calidore
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