newbie question, 3d replotting



On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 08:40 +0100, Hugo Coolens wrote:
> Is it possible to plot3d two or more functions together
> 
> e.g.
> f(x,y,z) := x^z + y^z
> Is it possible to combine plot3d(f(x,y,3),[x,0,5],[y,0,5]); and
> plot3d(f(x,y,5),[x,0,5],[y,0,5]);

Hi Hugo, as far as I am aware plot3d does not have the ability to plot
more than a single surface and there is no command to allow for plots to
be combined. However, gnuplot (which Maxima uses) is capable of this so
I would imagine that Maxima could be improved to do it.

Regards, Bob
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