Parametric equation of an object in space

See Section 26.12.8 for parametric equations in 2D geometry.

The parameq command finds parameterizations for geometric objects.

parameq takes G, a geometric object.
parameq(G) returns a parameterization for the object G.
For a curve, the parameter is t, for a surface, the parameters are u and v. These variables must be unassigned. If they have assignments, they can be unassigned with purge(t) and purge(u,v).

parameq(line(point(0,1,0),point(1,2,3)))

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t,t+1,3 t

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parameq(sphere(point(0,1,0),2))

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2 cosu cosv,1+2 cosu sinv,2 sinu

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normal(parameq(ellipse(point(-1,1,1),point(1,1,1),point(0,1,2))))

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√

cost,1,sint+1

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