# mapping a sphere

• Mar 29th 2006, 06:07 PM
mapping a sphere
how can a map a sphere on a 3D graph?
• Mar 29th 2006, 07:18 PM
ThePerfectHacker
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bad Apple
how can a map a sphere on a 3D graph?

You mean to ask what is its equation?
In xy co-ordinate system there is the x-co-ordinate and the y-co-ordinate. Thus, there are two dimensions. When mapping a sphere you need a third dimension. When studing Multivaraible Calculus you will be introduced to 3 dimensional graphs and vectors. The third variable introduced is z. The equation of a sphere is then,
$x^2+y^2+z^2=r^2$ where $r$ is its radius.
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