Parameterizations of Surfaces in Space

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Section 6.2 Parameterizations of Surfaces in Space

Objectives

Examine how parametric equations can be used to describe surfaces.
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Understand how the various coordinate systems can used to describe certain surfaces.
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This lesson focuses on common approaches to parameterizing surfaces with a vector valued function of two variables. Examples in this lesson involve surfaces where one coordinate is a function of the other two, where spherical of cylindrical coordinates offer a simple description, and a demonstration for how different approaches to parameterizing a single surface end up drawing different parts of the surface.

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Subsection 6.2.1 Parametric Surfaces in Space

Figure 6.2. A screenshot from the lesson on parametric surfaces.
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