Re: circular plot question
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- Subject: [mg28442] Re: circular plot question
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 03:26:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,
it is not very clrar what you mean with "appear in a circle"
But
ParametricPlot3D[{Cos[phi], Sin[phi], phi*z^2}, {phi, 0, 2Pi}, {z, 0,
1}]
may help.
Regards
Jens
Julian Sweet wrote:
>
> How can I go about getting Mathematica to create a 3D plot of
> a function with z and phi dependence (cylindrical coordinates) such
> that it will show it's cylindrical symmetry.
> Right now I am able to make a 3D plot using z and phi, but I
> would like it to appear in a circle.
>
> Thanks
>
> E-mail response preferred: jsweet at engineering.ucsb.edu