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The Shadows Lurking in the Equations – Underwater Islands

70 points · 13 comments · vismit2000

  1. simojo · · focus · HN ↗
    These visualizations are cool, but I feel only a little misleading. Any 2D relation can be plotted in 3D, and setting z=0 shows the original line in 2D. The whole notion of fuzzy is really just saying "let's make a heat map of how far z is from 0". That said, I can see how for some people, thinking about the roots of a function in 3D this way _could_ help unlock deeper understanding of where your roots are at than just staring at 3D graph.
    1. Jaxan · · focus · HN ↗
      I agree. But it’s cool to explore these things and if it’s the first time someone sees it, that’s nice!
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