Questions on the application of Mathematica to geometric problems. You might also consider adding the [graphics] tag, if appropriate.

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Unexpected behavior of GeometricTransformation

I have the following mapping on the complex plane: $$ z \mapsto \tau \mu z-1, $$ where $\mu$ is complex, $\tau$ is real number. I want to draw the image of left unit semidisk and play with $\tau$. ...
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How can I truncate only a single vertex of a polygon?

One can truncate all the vertices of a polygon at once with Truncate. I want to do exactly that -- but only on a single vertex. Is this possible with Mathematica 9? ...
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Returning a non-degenerate list of triangles that (strictly) define the outer mesh of a 3-polytope using PolyhedronData?

I'm looking for a simple method of returning a list of triangles that strictly define the outer surface of a 3-polytope using PolyhedronData? For example: ...
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How to type function terms into metric?

I submitted my question before on site:Anything wrong with Atlas 2 or Mathematica?. Due to my vagueness, my problems might not be clearly understood. I am trying to solve several functions based on ...