(* This is the file MakeFramesPower.m, written by Douglas N. Arnold Department of Mathematics Penn State University Park, PA 16802 January 1997 *) Needs["homotopyframes`"] Needs["Graphics`Colors`"] (* Make some animations of the homotopy from the identity to z^1 to z^4. Store the frames. *) ll=0; ur=(1+I)/Sqrt[2]; llplot=-1+I; urplot=-llplot; width=400; (* frame width in pixels *) height=400; (* frame height in pixels *) prefix="frame"; (* filename prefix *) frames=11; (* number of frames *) writetofile[width_,height_,prefix_,i_] := StringJoin["!rasterps -w ", ToString[width]," -h ",ToString[height]," -format ppm > ", prefix,ToString[PaddedForm[i,3,NumberPadding->{"0",""}]],".ppm"] curvelist = Join[ vlinearray[ll,ur,6, PlotStyle->{{Thickness[.005],Yellow}}, Background->Black, DefaultColor->White, AspectRatio->Automatic], hlinearray[ll,ur,6, PlotStyle->{{Thickness[.005],Yellow}}, Background->Black, DefaultColor->White, AspectRatio->Automatic], {line[Re[ur],ll, PlotStyle->{{Thickness[.005],Green}}, Background->Black, DefaultColor->White, AspectRatio->Automatic], line[ll,I Im[ur], PlotStyle->{{Thickness[.005],Green}}, Background->Black, DefaultColor->White, AspectRatio->Automatic] } ]; (* image of a Cartesian grid in the first quadrant *) Table[ Display[ writetofile[width,height,prefix,i], showcurve[image[(#^(1+2.9(i-1)/(frames-1)))&,curvelist], PlotRange->{{Re[llplot],Re[urplot]},{Im[llplot],Im[urplot]}}, DisplayFunction->Identity]], {i,1,frames}] Print["-- wrote frames --"]