FŨNKPLOT
Add a little funk to mathematical plots
Always one looking to spice up his life, Ferenc Deák tries out a new function-plotting tool that’s packing a Pascal-like language.
Credit: http://funkplot.sh
OUR EXPERT
Ferenc Deák was upset when we told him we had to draw the line at his recitation of mathematical formulae every time we spoke to him. Still it inspired this useful tutorial.
There is a high chance that at a certain point during their career, every aspiring T mathematician reaches a stage where a need to draw something programmatically comes up. Fortunately for them, there’s a huge number of tools that are meant to do exactly this, helping them plot lines, shapes, functions and other mathematical data.
From the simple-to-use but extremely powerful Geogebra, where you can point, click and drag geometrical objects around the screen, each of them dynamically responding to your actions, via the almighty Gnuplot, which has had a foothold in all major operating systems and programming languages, to tools aimed for power users with cryptic syntax and a command-line interface, everyone can find a tool to suit their preferences.
Into the scene enters Fũnkplot, a newcomer aimed at audiences more inclined towards programming, who would like to create their daily portion of mathematical plots using a simple and intuitive language. Using it, aspiring artists/mathematicians/programmers can create plots and drawings that would be difficult using a point-and-click interface, while still having the power of raw mathematics at their disposal.