Fractals//Mathematics/Vector field

=Types=
 * time independent (= stationary = Steady ) or time dependent
 * dimension: 2D, 3D, ...

=Algorithm=
 * start with scalar field
 * create vector field from scalar field using vector function
 * compute:
 * filed lines

=Visualisation of vector field=

Plot types (Visualization Techniques for Flow Data) :
 * arrow plot = quiver plot
 * Glyphs = Icons or signs for visualizing vector fields
 * simplest glyph = Line segment (hedgehog plots)
 * Characteristic Lines
 * streamlines = curve everywhere tangential to the instantaneous vector (velocity) field (time independent vector field)
 * Path lines = Extensions of stream lines for time-varying data. Trace of a single particle in continuous time
 * streak lines
 * texture (line integral convolution = LIC)
 * Topological skeleton
 * fixed point extraction ( Jacobian)

=References=