creating mathematical graphics?

Hi, I am studying C++ right now. I am interested in creating my own
mathematical software. Do you have any suggestions on the libraries or
std libraries that I can use to creat very simple graphics for functions
like y=x or y=x^2?
It is better that I can use some simple libraries or small libraries
since I don't want to spend too much time for just understanding the
library.
Thank you very much, and have a good day.

Carl wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi, I am studying C++ right now. I am interested in creating my own
> mathematical software. Do you have any suggestions on the libraries or
> std libraries that I can use to creat very simple graphics for functions
> like y=x or y=x^2?
> It is better that I can use some simple libraries or small libraries
> since I don't want to spend too much time for just understanding the
> library.
> Thank you very much, and have a good day.
>[/color]

Graphics are a platform specific issue and depend heavily on
your platform and compiler. You need to seek out the experts
in a newsgroup dedicated to your platform or compiler. See the
FAQ and Welcome.txt links below for more information.

See also news:comp.graphics


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Thomas Matthews wrote:
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> Carl wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Hi, I am studying C++ right now. I am interested in creating my own
>> mathematical software. Do you have any suggestions on the libraries or
>> std libraries that I can use to creat very simple graphics for
>> functions like y=x or y=x^2?
>> It is better that I can use some simple libraries or small libraries
>> since I don't want to spend too much time for just understanding the
>> library.
>> Thank you very much, and have a good day.
>>[/color]
>
> Graphics are a platform specific issue and depend heavily on
> your platform and compiler. You need to seek out the experts
> in a newsgroup dedicated to your platform or compiler. See the
> FAQ and Welcome.txt links below for more information.
>
> See also news:comp.graphics
>[/color]

You *could* create your own graphical output (portably) by writing it to
an image file, though. I've actually done this quite a bit. The ppm file
format happens to be quite easy to deal with, and quite widely supported
by image manipulation, viewing, and conversion apps.

-Kevin
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:43:26 GMT, Carl <no_spam@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi, I am studying C++ right now. I am interested in creating my own
>mathematical software. Do you have any suggestions on the libraries or
>std libraries that I can use to creat very simple graphics for functions
>like y=x or y=x^2?
> It is better that I can use some simple libraries or small libraries
>since I don't want to spend too much time for just understanding the
>library.[/color]

There are many free cross-platform graphics libraries.

None of them are "standard".

I haven't used any of them, but take a look at e.g. http://www.vtk.org/.

Carl <no_spam@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<i0z8b.130381$ho5.2156908@news2.telusplanet.n et>...[color=blue]
> Hi, I am studying C++ right now. I am interested in creating my own
> mathematical software. Do you have any suggestions on the libraries or
> std libraries that I can use to creat very simple graphics for functions
> like y=x or y=x^2?
> It is better that I can use some simple libraries or small libraries
> since I don't want to spend too much time for just understanding the
> library.
> Thank you very much, and have a good day.[/color]


Check out gnu plotutils.

"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no> wrote in message
news:3f63719b.111346718@News.CIS.DFN.DE...[color=blue]
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:43:26 GMT, Carl <no_spam@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Hi, I am studying C++ right now. I am interested in creating my own
> >mathematical software. Do you have any suggestions on the libraries or
> >std libraries that I can use to creat very simple graphics for functions
> >like y=x or y=x^2?
> > It is better that I can use some simple libraries or small libraries
> >since I don't want to spend too much time for just understanding the
> >library.[/color]
>
> There are many free cross-platform graphics libraries.
>
> None of them are "standard".
>
> I haven't used any of them, but take a look at e.g. http://www.vtk.org/.[/color]

IMHO the OP might be better off checking out libraries/utilities like
gnuplot and whatever else there is. VTK is a full blown visualization
toolkit intended for image manipulation & 3D graphics. Having to build a
rendertree just to get a simple 2D graph might be too time consuming.

Cheers
Chris