/* -*-ePiX-*- */ #include "epix.h" using namespace ePiX; const int MAX(24); const double x0(4); const double ht(3); // camera height const double INFTY(100000); P f(double t) { return P(t, t*t, 0); } int main() { picture(P(-3,-3),P(3,3), "4x4in"); begin(); border(); set_crop(); viewpoint(0,-ht*ht, ht); camera.look_at(P(0,0,1)); pen(Black(0.3), "0.1pt"); grid(P(-MAX,0), P(MAX, MAX*MAX), MAX, MAX*MAX/8); grid(P(-MAX, 0, 2*ht), P(MAX, MAX*MAX, 2*ht), MAX, MAX*MAX/8); pen(Blue(1.4)); envelope(f, -MAX/2, MAX/2, 20); // envelope of tangent lines bbold(Blue()); Line(P(-100, INFTY, 0), P(100, INFTY, 0)); masklabel(P(0,0), P(0,2), "$(0,0)$", t); label(P(0,INFTY), P(0,-2), "$(0,\\infty)$", b); label(P(-0.25*INFTY,INFTY), P(0, 2), "Horizon", t); masklabel(P(x0, x0*x0), P(-4,0), "$y=x^2$", l); box(P(0,0)); box(P(0,INFTY)); pen(1); plot(f, -MAX, MAX, 240); camera.at(0,0,1000); masklabel(P(0, ymin()), P(0,0), "Projective equivalence of a parabola and a circle", t); end(); }