In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is, generally speaking, an object similar to a line but which is not required to be straight.
Questions tagged [curve]
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How to generate this kind of random curves?
Is it possible to generate this kind of random curves?
I've tried IMagick bezier curves (see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagickdraw-bezier.php), but even with 20-30 points they do not look like this. Here is my sample…
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How to make curved bottom appBar in Flutter?
How to draw custom shape for the appBar in my application to look like the image?
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iOS - Dragging objects along curved paths
I am tearing my hair out trying to figure out what seems to be a very easy problem. I know a lot of this stuff has been talked about tangentially, so apologies if this treads on well-covered ground, but I can't find anything specific to my solution…
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Filling area under the curve with matplotlib
I have a pandas series,
and this is the graph:
I want to fill the area under the curve. The problem is that calling
plt.fill(y)
outputs:
As seen in other answers, this is because we need to send a polygon to the function, so we have to add a…
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How to a make a curved sheet (cube) in OpenSCAD?
How can I curve a sheet (cube)? I'd like to control the angle of the bend/curve.
e.g.
cube([50,50,2]);
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Curving text in Android
I'm creating a text editing app that allows the user to edit text using different fonts, colors, sizes, etc. Right now I'm working on a feature that is supposed to curve the text. I already tried asking once HERE but the answer that was posted…
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How to detect in real time a "knee/elbow" (maximal curvature) in a curve
In the following curve (blue line) I'm trying to detect the "knee/elbow" which should be located around x = 2.5
This is the set of values I'm using:
x = {-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2 , -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
y = {0, 10, 20,…
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Drag a bezier curve to edit it
You will understand what I mean if you use graphic editing programs like Gimp or Photoshop. To edit a curve on those programs (which probably is Bezier Curve), we can click on the curve, drag the mouse and the curve is changed accordingly. I suspect…
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Why is 'curve' so different from 'lines' and 'points' in R?
I would like to fit the frequency data with discrete generalized beta distribution (DGBD).
The data look like this:
freq = c(1116, 2067, 137 , 124, 643, 2042, 55 ,47186, 7504, 1488, 211, 1608,
3517 , 7 , 896 , 378, 17 ,3098,…
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Plotting a polynomial in Python
I am new to Python plotting apart from some basic knowledge of matplotlib.pyplot. My question is how to plot some higher degree polynomials? One method I saw was expressing y in terms of x and then plotting the values. But I have 2 difficulties:
y…
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Matplotlib, adding text with more than one line. Adding text that can follow the curve
I have added text to a plot, coded in each line, and then adjusted it look decent, increase or decrease the width, or change the placement. However, is there a way to have Python know where you want the text and how you want it set? Then I could…
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How to draw parametric 3d curve with smoothing in R?
I have the data which are parametric 3d curve:
t x y z
0.000 3.734 2.518 -0.134
0.507 2.604 9.059 0.919
0.861 1.532 11.584 -0.248
1.314 1.015 1.886 -0.325
1.684 2.815 4.596 3.275
1.938 …
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Javascript canvas curve with fixed length
I want to draw any ( randomized ) curve, with given:
start point
end point
curve length
How can I do such a thing limited by canvas boundaries, plus the curve can not cross. I was trying to find some solution but I can't figure this out. Thanks…
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Way to draw NSString on a curved path?
I have been looking for any example code for drawing a UILabel (or just an NSString or something) on a curved path, but have come up empty handed.
Does anyone know whether it's possible to draw text on a curved path, like a circle or something,…
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A simple closed polygonal curve generation algorithm
I need an algorithm to generate a closed simple (no self-intersections) polygonal curve. It would make a perfect labyrinth for my game.
Can you please point me to the correct keywords?
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