% Append additional standalone figure environments below as needed. \begin{figure}[tbp] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.82, line join=round, line cap=round] \useasboundingbox (-5,-5) rectangle (5,5); \appendlight[v = {return Vector:new{1, 1, 1, 1}}] \def\SSS{3} \setobject[ name = view, object = {return Matrix.zyzrotation3(math.pi/2, math.pi/3, math.pi/6)} ] \foreach \AlphaDeg/\BBB in {15/7,45/50,75/92} { \setobject[ name = a, object = {return \AlphaDeg*math.pi/180} ] \setobject[ name = R, object = {return 1/math.cos(a)} ] \setobject[ name = r, object = {return math.sqrt(math.abs(1/math.cos(a)^2) - math.abs(math.cos(a)))} ] \appendsurface[ ustart = {math.pi/2}, ustop = {-math.pi}, usamples = 20, vstart = 0, vstop = tau, vsamples = 50, transformation = {return view}, v = { return Vector:new{r*math.cos(u)*math.cos(v), r*math.sin(u)*math.cos(v), r*math.sin(v), 1} :hadd(Vector:new{R*math.cos(u), R*math.sin(u), 0, 1}) }, filter = { local M = A:hadd(B):hadd(C):hscale(1/3):multiply(view:inverse()) return math.abs(M[1]) < \SSS.001 and math.abs(M[2]) < \SSS.001 and math.abs(M[3]) < \SSS.001 }, fill options = {fill={gray!\BBB!black!50!ltdtbrightness}, fill opacity=1}, curve = { local segments = {} local domain_origin = math.pi/2 local branches = 7 local samples_per_branch = 40 local samples = branches*samples_per_branch local step = tau/samples local function append_segment(s0, s1) if s1 <= s0 then return end local wrap = math.floor(branches*s0/tau + 1e-9) local u0 = domain_origin - s0 local u1 = domain_origin - s1 local v0 = branches*s0 - wrap*tau local v1 = branches*s1 - wrap*tau table.insert(segments, { Vector:new{u0, v0}, Vector:new{u1, v1}, drawoptions = "draw=green!50!black, thick" }) end for i = 0, samples - 1 do local s0 = i*step local s1 = s0 + step local wrap0 = math.floor(branches*s0/tau + 1e-9) local wrap1 = math.floor(branches*s1/tau + 1e-9) if wrap0 == wrap1 then append_segment(s0, s1) else local seam = (wrap0 + 1)*tau/branches append_segment(s0, seam) append_segment(seam, s1) end end return segments } ] } \appendsolid[ ustart = -\SSS, ustop = \SSS, usamples = \SSS, vstart = -\SSS, vstop = \SSS, vsamples = \SSS, wstart = -\SSS, wstop = \SSS, wsamples = \SSS, transformation = {return view}, filter = {return false}, v = {return Vector:new{u, v, w, 1}} ] \displaysimplices \end{tikzpicture} \caption{A still frame from a larger animated family. This manual version fixes the configuration at a $15^\circ$ offset, keeps the shared view, and preserves the seven-branch green parameter-space curve family on the three linked surfaces.} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[tbp] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.9, line join=round, line cap=round] \setobject[ name = T, object = { return Matrix.zyzrotation3(math.pi/2, math.pi/3, 7*math.pi/6) :multiply(Matrix.translate3(0, 0, -5)) } ] \foreach \t in {1,2,3} { \appendsurface[ ustart = 0, ustop = 1, usamples = 18, vstart = 0, vstop = 1, vsamples = 9, v = { local s = Vector.sphere(Vector:new{u*tau, v*math.pi, 1}) return Vector:new{ 2*math.cos(\t*tau/3) + s[1], 2*math.sin(\t*tau/3) + s[2], \t/3 + s[3], 1 } }, transformation = { return Matrix.zyzrotation3(\t*math.pi/12, \t*math.pi/12, \t*math.pi/12) :multiply(T) }, fill options = { preaction = { fill = white }, postaction = { draw, line cap = round, line join = round, ultra thin } } ] } \appendsurface[ ustart = -1, ustop = 1, usamples = 4, vstart = -1, vstop = 1, vsamples = 4, v = {return Vector:new{4*u, 4*v, 1 + u, 1}}, transformation = {return T}, fill options = { preaction = { fill = blue }, postaction = { draw, line cap = round, line join = round, ultra thin } } ] \displaysimplices \end{tikzpicture} \caption{Three rotated spherical shells gather above a slanted plane, with a shared rigid transform and per-shell spin producing the interlocked stack.} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[p] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2.85, line join=round, line cap=round] \setobject[ name = T, object = { return Matrix.zyzrotation3(math.pi/2, math.pi/3, math.pi/6) :multiply(Matrix.translate3(0, 0, -5)) :multiply(Matrix:new{ {1, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1, -1/4}, {0, 0, 0, 1} }) } ] \setobject[ name = I, object = {return T:inverse()} ] \foreach \j/\shellfill in {3/blue,2/green,0/red,1/yellow} { \appendsurface[ ustart = -2, ustop = 2, usamples = 2, vstart = -2, vstop = 2, vsamples = 2, transformation = { return Matrix.zyzrotation3(\j - math.pi/4, 2*\j, \j):multiply(T) }, v = {return Vector:new{u, v, 0, 1}}, fill options = { preaction = { fill = \shellfill, fill opacity = 0.6 }, postaction = { draw = black, ultra thin, line join = round, line cap = round } }, filter = { local AI = A:multiply(I):reciprocate_by_homogeneous() local BI = B:multiply(I):reciprocate_by_homogeneous() local CI = C:multiply(I):reciprocate_by_homogeneous() for axis = 1, 3 do if math.abs(AI[axis]) >= 1.01 then return false end if math.abs(BI[axis]) >= 1.01 then return false end if math.abs(CI[axis]) >= 1.01 then return false end end return true } ] } \appendsolid[ ustart = -1, ustop = 1, usamples = 2, vstart = -1, vstop = 1, vsamples = 2, wstart = -1, wstop = 1, wsamples = 2, transformation = {return T}, v = {return Vector:new{u, v, w, 1}}, fill options = { preaction = { fill = gray, fill opacity = 0.5 }, postaction = { draw = black, ultra thin, line join = round, line cap = round } } ] \displaysimplices \end{tikzpicture} \caption{Four clipped planes rotate through a translucent cube, with the inverse transform used as a geometric filter to keep only the portions that pass through the shared box.} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[tbp] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.92, line join=round, line cap=round] \useasboundingbox (-4.5,-4.5) rectangle (4.5,4.5); \setobject[ name = view, object = { return Matrix.zyzrotation3(math.pi/2, math.pi/3, 3.75*math.pi/6 + tau/24) } ] \setobject[ name = viewinverse, object = {return view:inverse()} ] \appendlight[ v = {return Vector:new{1, 1, 1, 1}} ] \foreach \k [evaluate=\k as \myangle using \k*2*pi/6] in {0,1,...,5} { \appendsurface[ ustart = -1.5, ustop = 1.5, usamples = 2, vstart = 0, vstop = tau, vsamples = 30, v = { local s = Vector.sphere(Vector:new{\myangle + math.pi/2, v, 0.5}) return Vector:new{ (u + 3)*math.cos(\myangle) + s[1], (u + 3)*math.sin(\myangle) + s[2], s[3], 1 } }, transformation = {return view}, fill options = { preaction = { fill opacity = 1, fill = ltdtbrightness }, postaction = { draw, line width = 0.2pt, line join = round, line cap = round } }, filter = {return false} ] } \appendsurface[ ustart = 0, ustop = tau, usamples = 20, vstart = 0, vstop = tau, vsamples = 14, v = { local s = Vector.sphere(Vector:new{u, v, 1}) return Vector:new{ 3*math.cos(u) + s[1], 3*math.sin(u) + s[2], s[3], 1 } }, transformation = {return view}, fill options = { preaction = { fill opacity = 1, fill = ltdtbrightness }, postaction = { draw, line width = 0.2pt, line join = round, line cap = round } }, filter = { local center = A:hadd(B):hadd(C):hscale(1/3):multiply(viewinverse) for spoke = 0, 5 do local angle = spoke*math.pi/3 if center:hdistance(Vector:new{4*math.cos(angle), 4*math.sin(angle), 0, 1}) <= 0.499 then return false end if center:hdistance(Vector:new{2*math.cos(angle), 2*math.sin(angle), 0, 1}) <= 0.499 then return false end end return true } ] \displaysimplices \end{tikzpicture} \caption{A torus threads through six hidden sleeves, with a single sampled view from a larger orbital animation revealing the ring of circular exclusions.} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[tbp] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.94, line join=round, line cap=round] \setobject[ name = view, object = { return Matrix.zyzrotation3(math.pi/2, math.pi/2 + 0.1, 3.75*math.pi/6) } ] \setobject[ name = viewinverse, object = {return view:inverse()} ] \setobject[ name = torusinverse, object = { return function(point) local x, y, z = point[1], point[2], point[3] local u = math.atan2(y, x) if u < 0 then u = u + tau end local radial = math.sqrt(x^2 + y^2) local w = math.atan2(radial - 3, z) if w < 0 then w = w + tau end return Vector:new{u, w, 0, 1} end } ] \appendlight[ v = {return Vector:new{1, 1, 1, 1}} ] \appendsurface[ ustart = 0, ustop = tau, usamples = 20, vstart = -1, vstop = 0.5, vsamples = 4, v = { local c = math.cos(u)/2 + 2 local s = Vector.sphere(Vector:new{c, math.sin(u)/2 + 2, 1 + v}) return Vector:new{ 3*math.cos(c) + s[1], 3*math.sin(c) + s[2], s[3], 1 } }, transformation = {return view}, filter = {return false}, fill options = { preaction = { fill opacity = 1, fill = gray }, postaction = { draw = red, line width = 0.2pt, line join = round, line cap = round } } ] \appendsurface[ ustart = 0, ustop = tau, usamples = 20, vstart = 0, vstop = tau, vsamples = 14, v = { local s = Vector.sphere(Vector:new{u, v, 1}) return Vector:new{ 3*math.cos(u) + s[1], 3*math.sin(u) + s[2], s[3], 1 } }, transformation = {return view}, fill options = { preaction = { fill opacity = 1, fill = ltdtbrightness }, postaction = { draw, line width = 0.2pt, line join = round, line cap = round } }, filter = { return torusinverse( A:hadd(B):hadd(C):hscale(1/3):multiply(viewinverse) ):hdistance(Vector:new{2, 2, 0, 1}) > 0.499 } ] \displaysimplices \end{tikzpicture} \caption{A torus is cut by a gray traced surface, while the visible mesh keeps only the region whose inverse-parameter image stays outside a circular hole in torus coordinates.} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[tbp] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[line join=round, line cap=round] \useasboundingbox (-4.8,-4.6) rectangle (4.8,4.8); \appendlight[ v = {return Vector:new{1, 1, 1, 1}} ] \setobject[ name = fieldview, object = { return Matrix.zyzrotation3(math.pi/3, math.pi/3, math.pi/3) :multiply(Matrix.perspective(Vector:new{0, 0, -0.12, 1})) } ] \foreach \ix [evaluate=\ix as \x using 4*\ix/3] in {-3,-2,...,3} { \foreach \iy [evaluate=\iy as \y using 4*\iy/3] in {-3,-2,...,3} { \foreach \iz [evaluate=\iz as \z using 4*\iz/3] in {-3,-2,...,3} { \appendcurve[ uparams = {return Vector:new{0, 1, 2}}, v = { local px, py, pz = \x - 2, \y, \z local qx, qy, qz = \x + 2, \y, \z local pl = math.sqrt(px^2 + py^2 + pz^2) local ql = math.sqrt(qx^2 + qy^2 + qz^2) local fx = px/pl^3 - qx/ql^3 local fy = py/pl^3 - qy/ql^3 local fz = pz/pl^3 - qz/ql^3 local fl = math.sqrt(fx^2 + fy^2 + fz^2) local scale = 0.42/fl return Vector:new{\x + u*scale*fx, \y + u*scale*fy, \z + u*scale*fz, 1} }, transformation = {return fieldview}, draw options = {draw=black!70, line width=0.28pt}, arrow tip = {fill=black!70, draw=none} ] } } } \foreach \focusx/\focusfill in {-2/blue!70!black,2/red!75!black} { \appendsurface[ uparams = {return Vector:new{0, tau, 7}}, vparams = {return Vector:new{0, math.pi, 7}}, v = { local s = Vector.sphere(Vector:new{u, v, 0.24}) return Vector:new{\focusx + s[1], s[2], s[3], 1} }, transformation = {return fieldview}, fill options = { fill = {\focusfill!50!ltdtbrightness} } ] } \displaysimplices \end{tikzpicture} \caption{A dipole-like field adapted into three dimensions, with short arrows sampled on a cubic lattice and two small spheres marking the focal sources at $(-2,0,0)$ and $(2,0,0)$.} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[p] \centering \foreach \FRAME/\PHASELABEL [count=\PanelIndex from 1] in {0/0.0,0.9/0.9,1.8/1.8,2.7/2.7,3.6/3.6,4.5/4.5} {% \begin{minipage}[t]{0.48\linewidth} \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.50, line join=round, line cap=round] \useasboundingbox (-6,-6) rectangle (6,6); \pgfmathsetmacro{\SSS}{3} \pgfmathsetmacro{\PHASE}{pi*\FRAME/9} \appendlight[v = {return Vector:new{1, 1, 2, 1}}] \setobject[ name = rot, object = {return \PHASE} ] \setobject[ name = view, object = {return Matrix.zyzrotation3(math.pi/2, math.pi/3, math.pi/6)} ] \setobject[ name = clifford, object = { return function(u, v) local scale = 1/math.sqrt(2) local x1 = scale*math.cos(u) local y1 = scale*math.sin(u) local x2 = scale*math.cos(v) local y2 = scale*math.sin(v) local xr = x1*math.cos(rot) - y2*math.sin(rot) local wr = x1*math.sin(rot) + y2*math.cos(rot) local yr = y1 local zr = x2 local denom = 1 - wr if denom < 0.0001 then return nil end local px = xr/denom local py = yr/denom local pz = zr/denom if px*px + py*py + pz*pz > 1000 then return nil end return Vector:new{px, py, pz, 1} end } ] \appendsurface[ uparams = {return Vector:new{0, tau, 20}}, vparams = {return Vector:new{0, tau, 15}}, transformation = {return view}, v = { local point = clifford(u, v) if not point then return nil end return Vector:new{point[1], point[2], point[3], 1} }, filter = { local M = A:hadd(B):hadd(C):hscale(1/3):multiply(view:inverse()) return math.abs(M[1]) < \SSS + 0.001 and math.abs(M[2]) < \SSS + 0.001 and math.abs(M[3]) < \SSS + 0.001 }, fill options = {fill={cyan!35!ltdtbrightness}, draw={cyan!20!black}, line width=0.08pt} ] \appendsolid[ uparams = {return Vector:new{-\SSS, \SSS, \SSS}}, vparams = {return Vector:new{-\SSS, \SSS, \SSS}}, wparams = {return Vector:new{-\SSS, \SSS, \SSS}}, transformation = {return view}, filter = {return false}, v = {return Vector:new{u, v, w, 1}} ] \displaysimplices \end{tikzpicture} \small Frame \PHASELABEL \end{minipage}% \ifodd\PanelIndex \hfill \else \par\medskip \fi } \caption{Six selected frames from a Clifford-surface sequence, arranged in reading order as a two-column page figure. Each panel keeps the same clipped view box while the phase parameter advances through the chosen samples.} \end{figure}