10.11.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

10.11.2.1 Mathematica vs. Python - how does Mathematica compare to Python's scientific computing suite?
10.11.2.2 How can I plot implicit equations?
10.11.2.3 Plotting Complex Quantity Functions
10.11.2.4 How do I draw a pair of buttocks?
10.11.2.5 Multivariable Taylor expansion does not work as expected
10.11.2.6 How to create effect like Van Gogh's stroke brush?
10.11.2.7 Where is Abbott? How to make logograms from the film "Arrival"?
10.11.2.1 Mathematica vs. Python - how does Mathematica compare to Python's scientific computing suite?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=86058

Python's family of packages for scientific computing has matured rapidly. I can pretty much replicate all of Mathematica's functionalities, but with production level and open-source code using the ... 
[python] [system-performance]
 
asked by M.R. https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=403 Score of 64
answered by Jens https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=245 Score of 42
10.11.2.2 How can I plot implicit equations?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=34668

If you enter the following into Wolfram | Alpha, you get nice graphs: 
 
 graph 4 x^4 + y^2 = 2 
 
How do you do this in Mathmatica? I realize that these are not ... 
[plotting] [faq]
 
asked by Rollie https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10174 Score of 42
answered by Timothy Wofford https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9391 Score of 44
10.11.2.3 Plotting Complex Quantity Functions

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=3458

Trying to plot with complex quantities seems not to work properly in what I want to accomplish. I would like to know if there is a general rule/way of plotting when you have complex counterparts in ... 
[plotting] [complex] [faq]
 
asked by night owl https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=116 Score of 42
answered by Artes https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=184 Score of 29
10.11.2.4 How do I draw a pair of buttocks?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=66538

I'm trying to develop a function which 3D plot would have a buttocks like shape. 
 
Several days of searching the web and a dozen my of own attempts to solve the issue have brought nothing but two ... 
[plotting] [graphics3d] [generative-art]
 
asked by Simpleton Jack https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=22399 Score of 355
answered by mikuszefski https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=7608 Score of 556
10.11.2.5 Multivariable Taylor expansion does not work as expected

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=15023

The basic multivariable Taylor expansion formula around a point is as follows: 
 
$$ 
f(\mathbf r + \mathbf a) = f(\mathbf r) + (\mathbf a \cdot \nabla )f(\mathbf r) + \frac{1}{2!}(\mathbf a \cdot \nabla)... 
[calculus-and-analysis] [series-expansion]
 
asked by matheorem https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4742 Score of 76
answered by Jens https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=245 Score of 86
10.11.2.6 How to create effect like Van Gogh's stroke brush?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=39003

I need to apply Van Gogh's stroke brush effect to a random image 
Take the following image as an example: 
 
Thank you so much if you could help! 
[image-processing] [code-request] [generative-art]
 
asked by user10495 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10495 Score of 34
answered by Simon Woods https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=862 Score of 53
10.11.2.7 Where is Abbott? How to make logograms from the film "Arrival"?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=137156

The film Arrival showed Wolfram Language code in action analysing alien logograms. A recent 
blog describes some details and 
mentions 
a live-coding video by Christopher Wolfam. See also Stephen Wolfram'... 
[graphics] [generative-art]
 
asked by KennyColnago https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3246 Score of 20