For the Mathematicians.
doc hawk
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Sun Jan 23 18:51:00 EST 2022
Implicit functions are not, in general, directly plowable, as there is no general y(x) explicit function available.
You *could*use differentials and derivates to take small steps, if you’re careful and watch for points with multiple solutions (in the example function, when it crosses either axis)
I think the best you’re going to be able to do is find broad classes of functions that you can have solutions prepared to handle.
Either that, or a brute-forced grid drawing, in which you solve for all values of y for each value of x. Even then, you’d need a way to connect them.
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