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A Python Based 4D Visualization Environment

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Information Computing and Applications (ICICA 2012)

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One of the challenges in 4D math visualization is to develop an interactive and integrated computational environment to quick-prototype, simulate, and experiment with the abstract mathematical concepts. We have investigated several areas in 4D visualization including 4D surface rendering, various user interface elements to manipulate mathematical objects in the higher-dimensional space, and physically based modeling of cloth-like 4D objects to understand the math phenomena in the fourth dimension. In this paper, we present one such Python based 4D visualization environment that achieves a high level of integration between 4D math, physics computation and interactive visualization.

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  1. College of Computer and Information Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

    Lin Jing, Xipei Huang & Yiwen Zhong

  2. School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Yin Wu

  3. Pervasive Technology Institute, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA

    Hui Zhang

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  1. College of Science, Hebei United University, 063000, Tangshan, Hebei, China

    Baoxiang Liu

  2. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Maode Ma

  3. College of Science, Hebei United University, 063009, Tangshan, Hebei, China

    Jincai Chang

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Jing, L., Huang, X., Zhong, Y., Wu, Y., Zhang, H. (2012). A Python Based 4D Visualization Environment. In: Liu, B., Ma, M., Chang, J. (eds) Information Computing and Applications. ICICA 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7473. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34062-8_55

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