Re: Vector field plotting on Mathematica ??!
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- Subject: [mg4120] Re: Vector field plotting on Mathematica ??!
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 01:38:42 -0400
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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In article <4ojdde$5i8 at dragonfly.wolfram.com>, biggus at colorado.edu (Jeff) wrote: > Hi, > > I keep seeing these mathematica graph of vector fields (you know, with the > arrows, and sometimes even with colors for more information) but I have > yet to find the damn reference in a Mathematica book on how to do it. How > how how? And why would the Mathematica manual have a picture of something > they won't show me how to do? To torture me, I assume! :^) > > Please please please help me - it's driving me crazy. > This should be a pretty standard graphing procedure. > > (I'm trying primarily to plot vector fields in electrodynamics.) > > > -jeff 2D and 3D vector plots are defined in Graphics`PlotField` and Graphics`PlotField3D` respectively, two of the standard packages distributed with every copy of Mathematica. They are documented in the "Guide to Standard Mathematica Packages" Technical Report (pp 183-191). Here is a simple example taken from the documentation: Needs[ "Graphics`PlotField`"] PlotVectorField[ {Sin[x], Cos[y]}, {x, 0, Pi}, {y, 0, Pi}] I hope this helps. --Ian ----------------------------------------------------------- Ian Collier Wolfram Research, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------- tel:(217) 398-0700 fax:(217) 398-0747 ianc at wolfram.com Wolfram Research Home Page: http://www.wolfram.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====