Re: Plotting ellipses and other functions
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- Subject: [mg37028] Re: [mg37026] Plotting ellipses and other functions
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 05:23:51 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
There are two basic ways, the second of which has two forms. The basic
ways are:
1. Using the built in function ContourPlot, e.g.:
ContourPlot[x^3y + y^3 - 9, {x, -9, 9}, {y, -27, 27}, Contours -> {0},
ContourShading -> False, Axes -> True, Frame -> False,
PlotPoints -> 50, AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}]
alternatively you can use a Standard package:
<<Graphics`ImplicitPlot`
ImplicitPlot[x^3y+y^3==9,{x,-9,9},AxesOrigin->{0,0}]
or ImplicitPlot[x^3y+y^3-==9,{x,-9,9},{y,-27,27},AxesOrigin->{0,0}]
The difference between these two is that the first one gives you a
smoother picture but requires the equation to be solvable (by
Mathematica) for y. The second will give a picture very similar to that
produced by the first method.
Andrzej Kozlowski
Yokohama, Japan
http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~akoz/
http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/
On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 06:33 PM, David wrote:
> How can I plot functions like:
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> (x-2)^2 + 2(y-3)^2 = 6
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> x^3y + y^3 = 9
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> using Mathematica?
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