[Math] ny maths software to help determine the formulas of given curves

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I am looking for a piece of software if it exists, which would allow me to give 2 points on a graph, (say (0,0) and (100,100) as an example), it would then connect the 2 points with a straight line, and then I can pull out the centre of the line to create different curves, S shaped curves etc to my liking. Once satisfied, I could then retrieve the formula of the curve I just created.

Does this exist to your knowledge? Would be a really useful tool. Approximations are more than OK, things don't need to be hyper accurate just something to give an idea.

Best Answer

It sounds like you're talking about drawing Bézier patches. Lots of programs let you draw these (e.g. essentially every graphic design program) and all of them would have an internal representation of the equation, although I'm not sure how to get most of them to tell it to you. But that should tell you what to Google.

I found this thing online:

http://cs.jsu.edu/~leathrum/gwtmathlets/mathlets.php?name=bezier

See the "notes" tab.

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