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'''Asymptote''' is a powerful graphics language designed for creating mathematical diagrams and figures.  It can output images in either eps or pdf format, and is compatible with the standard mathematics typesetting language, [[LaTeX]]. It is much more powerful than the original LaTeX graphics language, [[MetaPost]], but retains much of the same syntax.  
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'''Asymptote''' is a powerful graphics language designed for creating mathematical diagrams and figures.  It can output images in either eps or pdf format, and is compatible with the standard mathematics typesetting language, [[LaTeX]]. It was inspired by [[MetaPost]], but has cleaner syntax. As opposed to being just a graphics program, it is a complete programming language.
  
 
Here is an example of an image that can be produced using Asymptote:
 
Here is an example of an image that can be produced using Asymptote:

Revision as of 18:20, 26 January 2007

Asymptote (Vector Graphics Language)
Getting Started - Basics - Drawing - Labeling - Filling - Useful functions - Examples - Macros and Packages

Help - Reference - Advanced Asymptote - 3D Graphics - CSE5 Package - How to

Asymptote is a powerful graphics language designed for creating mathematical diagrams and figures. It can output images in either eps or pdf format, and is compatible with the standard mathematics typesetting language, LaTeX. It was inspired by MetaPost, but has cleaner syntax. As opposed to being just a graphics program, it is a complete programming language.

Here is an example of an image that can be produced using Asymptote:

Figure1.jpg

In a sense, Asymptote is the ruler and compass of typesetting.

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