10.14.1 Top new questions this week

10.14.1.1 Tick functions not working in 14.0.0?
10.14.1.2 How can I use GLSL shaders within Mathematica?
10.14.1.3 Reproducing Roman Verostko's FF 2004 Drawing
10.14.1.4 Why doesn't b = a; f[a_] := b; f[2] return 2?
10.14.1.5 How to get the analytical form of a solution to an algebraic equation?
10.14.1.6 SpherePoints problem
10.14.1.7 Using DeleteDuplicates with choosing which item of the pair should be deleted
10.14.1.1 Tick functions not working in 14.0.0?

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Consider the code 
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[plotting] [ticks] [version-14]
 
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10.14.1.2 How can I use GLSL shaders within Mathematica?

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The function  SurfaceAppearance  provides a number of preset shaders for use in  Graphics  and ... 
[graphics] [graphics3d] [image-processing] [textures]
 
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10.14.1.3 Reproducing Roman Verostko's FF 2004 Drawing

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Roman Verostko 
Roman Verostko was born in 1929 in Tars, Pennsylvania. In the early 1980's, following 30 years of painting, he began executing algorithmic drawings with a pen plotter. Today his studio ... 
[plotting] [graphics] [color] [generative-art]
 
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10.14.1.4 Why doesn't b = a; f[a_] := b; f[2] return 2?

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As the title asks, why does 
 b = a; 
f[a_] := b; 
f[2] 
 
evaluate to  a  rather than  2 ? 
[function-construction] [evaluation] [pattern-matching] [core-language] [faq]
 
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10.14.1.5 How to get the analytical form of a solution to an algebraic equation?

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The real analytical solution of the algebraic equation $x^5 + 10 x^3 + 20 x == 4$ is $x=-2^{2/5} + 2^{3/5}$, how to get it with  Mathematica ? 
I've tried with ... 
[equation-solving] [algebra]
 
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10.14.1.6 SpherePoints problem

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Cited fromhttps://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpherePoints.html?q=SpherePoints 
 
 SpherePoints[n]  gives the positions of n uniformly distributed 
points on the ... 
[mathematical-optimization] [graphics3d]
 
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10.14.1.7 Using DeleteDuplicates with choosing which item of the pair should be deleted

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How to delete duplicates on criteria that an interval is duplicate if it is fully contained in another interval and the smaller interval should be removed. 
None of the following works on both lists <... 
[list-manipulation]
 
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