equations – View from the Potting Shed

I heart maths

Wolfram | Alpha is a very powerful computational search engine. While Google does feature the ability to do some calculations, Wolfram | Alpha takes this a whole new level including the ability to solve and plot equations.

For example, take this mathematical equation:

Equation

which you must enter into Wolfram | Alpha in this format:

x^2+(y-(x^2)^(1/3))^2 = 1

Wolfram | Alpha plots it like this:

This mathematical formula (x squared plus y minus the cube root of x squared squared equals one) plots the shape of a love heart — x squared plus y minus the cube root of x squared squared equals one

There’s something lovely about maths.