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| '''Asymptote''' is a powerful vector 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 also a complete programming language, and has cleaner syntax than its predecessor, [http://netlib.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/MetaPost.html MetaPost], which was a language used only for two-dimensional graphics.
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| Here is an example of an image that can be produced using Asymptote:
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| <center>[[Image:Figure1.jpg]]</center>
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| In a sense, Asymptote is the ruler and compass of typesetting.
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| You can use Asymptote on the AoPSWiki right now, by enclosing the Asymptote code within <tt><nowiki><asy>...</asy></nowiki></tt> tags. For example, the following code
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| <pre><nowiki><asy>
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| draw((0,0)--(3,7),red);
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| dot((0,0));
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| dot((3,7));
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| label("Produced with Asymptote "+version.VERSION,point(S),2S);
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| </asy></nowiki></pre>
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| created the picture
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| <center><asy>
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| draw((0,0)--(3,7),red);
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| dot((0,0));
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| dot((3,7));
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| label("Produced with Asymptote "+version.VERSION,point(S),2S);
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| </asy></center>
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| And on the AoPS forums you can use <tt><nowiki>[asy]..[/asy]</nowiki></tt>
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| Another example:
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| <pre><nowiki>[asy]
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| pair A,B,C,X,Y,Z;
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| A = (0,0);
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| B = (1,0);
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| C = (0.3,0.8);
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| draw(A--B--C--A);
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| X = (B+C)/2;
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| Y = (A+C)/2;
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| Z = (A+B)/2;
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| draw(A--X, red);
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| draw(B--Y,red);
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| draw(C--Z,red);
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| [/asy]</nowiki></pre>
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| <asy>
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| pair A,B,C,X,Y,Z;
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| A = (0,0);
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| B = (1,0);
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| C = (0.3,0.8);
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| draw(A--B--C--A);
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| X = (B+C)/2;
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| Y = (A+C)/2;
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| Z = (A+B)/2;
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| draw(A--X, red);
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| draw(B--Y,red);
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| draw(C--Z,red);</asy>
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| === See also ===
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| *[[LaTeX]]
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| * [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/LaTeX/AoPS_L_About.php AoPS's Getting Started with LaTeX guide.]
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| * [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/community/c68_latex_and_asymptote Asymptote Forum on AoPS]
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| [[Asymptote: Getting Started | Next: Getting Started]]
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