creating mathematical graphics?

[Carl]

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.

[Thomas Matthews]

Carl wrote:

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.

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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[Kevin Goodsell]

Thomas Matthews wrote:

Carl wrote:

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.

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

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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[Alf P. Steinbach]

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:43:26 GMT, Carl <no*****@yahoo.com> wrote:

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.

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/.

[mjm]

Carl <no*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<i0**********************@news2.telusplanet.n et>...

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.

Check out gnu plotutils.

[Chris Theis]

"Alf P. Steinbach" <al***@start.no> wrote in message
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:43:26 GMT, Carl <no*****@yahoo.com> wrote:

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.

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/.

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