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The document discusses how to draw a heart shape using the Python plotting library Matplotlib. It provides code snippets to plot 2D and 3D heart shapes by defining implicit mathematical functions and contouring the results. Additional context is given on plotting implicit surfaces in 3D.

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The document discusses how to draw a heart shape using the Python plotting library Matplotlib. It provides code snippets to plot 2D and 3D heart shapes by defining implicit mathematical functions and contouring the results. Additional context is given on plotting implicit surfaces in 3D.

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how to draw a heart with pylab

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How to draw a heart with pylab? I searched with google for ways to draw the picture but
i want know how to draw it with pylab. Can someone help? The picture should look like
10 this:

python math numpy matplotlib

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The equations for 3D heart: mathworld.wolfram.com/HeartSurface.html mathematische-


basteleien.de/heart.htm – jfs Dec 18, 2010 at 16:40

3 related post: stackoverflow.com/questions/1526898/… – Paul Dec 19, 2010 at 22:42

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Using the linked formula in the other solution:

8 import pylab
x = scipy.linspace(-2,2,1000)
y1 = scipy.sqrt(1-(abs(x)-1)**2)
y2 = -3*scipy.sqrt(1-(abs(x)/2)**0.5)
pylab.fill_between(x, y1, color='red')
pylab.fill_between(x, y2, color='red')
pylab.xlim([-2.5, 2.5])
pylab.text(0, -0.4, 'Stack Overflow', fontsize=24, fontweight='bold',
color='white', horizontalalignment='center')
pylab.savefig('heart.png')

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1 The OP links to 3D heart. – jfs Dec 18, 2010 at 16:40

You can see here, how can you plot a 3D hearth.

The author of the article have put together the implicit function plotting can be found
8
here and the implicit function of the hearth, and got the code below:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
from matplotlib import cm
from matplotlib.ticker import LinearLocator, FormatStrFormatter
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

def heart_3d(x,y,z):
return (x**2+(9/4)*y**2+z**2-1)**3-x**2*z**3-(9/80)*y**2*z**3

def plot_implicit(fn, bbox=(-1.5, 1.5)):


''' create a plot of an implicit function
fn ...implicit function (plot where fn==0)
bbox ..the x,y,and z limits of plotted interval'''
xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax = bbox*3
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
A = np.linspace(xmin, xmax, 100) # resolution of the contour
B = np.linspace(xmin, xmax, 40) # number of slices
A1, A2 = np.meshgrid(A, A) # grid on which the contour is plotted

for z in B: # plot contours in the XY plane


X, Y = A1, A2
Z = fn(X, Y, z)
cset = ax.contour(X, Y, Z+z, [z], zdir='z', colors=('r',))
# [z] defines the only level to plot
# for this contour for this value of z

for y in B: # plot contours in the XZ plane


X, Z = A1, A2
Y = fn(X, y, Z)
cset = ax.contour(X, Y+y, Z, [y], zdir='y', colors=('red',))

for x in B: # plot contours in the YZ plane


Y, Z = A1, A2
X = fn(x, Y, Z)
cset = ax.contour(X+x, Y, Z, [x], zdir='x',colors=('red',))

# must set plot limits because the contour will likely extend
# way beyond the displayed level. Otherwise matplotlib extends the plot
limits
# to encompass all values in the contour.
ax.set_zlim3d(zmin, zmax)
ax.set_xlim3d(xmin, xmax)
ax.set_ylim3d(ymin, ymax)

plt.show()

if __name__ == '__main__':
plot_implicit(heart_3d)

I have changed the python to python3 in the first row. If you use Python 2 you need to
set it back.
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Hint: Take a look at example from Sage: 3D Love Heart:

5 x, y, z = var('x, y, z')
f(x, y, z) = (x^2+(9/4)*y^2+z^2-1)^3-x^2*z^3-(9/80)*y^2*z^3
P = implicit_plot3d(f, (x, -3, 3), (y, -3, 3), (z, -3, 3),
frame=False, axes=True, figsize=6,color="red")
P.show(viewer='tachyon')
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