Type any function and see its shape straight away. Plot up to three at once in three colours to compare them, drag the trace point to read a value off a curve, and see where each one crosses zero.
Image smoothing and edge preservation
Math · Image smoothing and edge preservation · High SchoolAbout this simulation
Original partial-differential-equation solver and model parameters. Fields and time use the source model’s units; this is a numerical teaching model, not measured biological, clinical or environmental data. Click or drag to apply the source brush. Source illustrations are replaced with an authored scalar field; terrain is synthetic.
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- Explore nonlinear diffusion as an image-processing model.
Learning objectives
- 1Explore nonlinear diffusion as an image-processing model.
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Original partial-differential-equation solver and model parameters. Fields and time use the source model’s units; this is a numerical teaching model, not measured biological, clinical or environmental data. Click or drag to apply the source brush. Source illustrations are replaced with an authored scalar field; terrain is synthetic.
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