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RE: ugly Plot Eigenvalues ?

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  • Subject: [mg39666] RE: ugly Plot Eigenvalues ?
  • From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
  • Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 02:47:22 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Pavel,

Here is a routine from my DrawGraphics package that eliminates vertical
lines.

SplitLineOnSlope::usage =
    "SplitLineOnSlope[slope] is a rule which will split any Line primitives
\
into multiple lines whenever two points give a slope whose absolute value is
\
greater than the specified slope";
SplitLineOnSlope[slope_] :=
  Line[a_] :> Line /@ Split[a, (Abs[Divide @@ Reverse[#2 - #1]] < slope &)]

If you copy it into your notebook, you can then use it the following way...

m1 = {{8., 8, 7}, {0, 5, 5}, {8, 0, 0}};
m2 = {{6., 0, 6}, {10, 8, 3}, {5, 8, 6}};

Show[Graphics[
    {(Plot[Evaluate[Re[Eigenvalues[m1 + w*m2]]], {w, -3, 3},
              DisplayFunction -> Identity] // First) /.
        SplitLineOnSlope[40]}],
  Frame -> True,
  ImageSize -> 500

Within DrawGraphics the plotting statement would be...

Needs["DrawGraphics`DrawingMaster`"]

Draw2D[
    {Draw[Evaluate[Re[Eigenvalues[m1 + w*m2]]], {w, -3, 3}] /.
        SplitLineOnSlope[40]},
    Frame -> True,
    ImageSize -> 500];

David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/




From: Pavel Pokorny [mailto:Pavel.Pokorny at vscht.cz]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net

    Dear Mathematica friends,

How can I plot Re Eigenvalues as a function of a parameter
without unwanted ugly connections between branches?
In the example (computed by Mathematica 4.2 for HP-UX PA-RISC)

   m1={{8., 8, 7}, {0, 5, 5}, {8, 0, 0}}
   m2={{6., 0, 6}, {10, 8, 3}, {5, 8, 6}}
   Plot[Evaluate[Re[Eigenvalues[m1+w*m2]]], {w,-3,3}];

for w approximately -0.4 there is an unwanted vertical bar.
This is related to "ordering" of solutions to equation.

Is there a simple nice solution for this and related examples?
(taking exact numbers in the example above avoids the unwanted connection,
but this is not a good solution for a general machine precission problem)

--
Pavel Pokorny
Math Dept, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
http://staffold.vscht.cz/mat/Pavel.Pokorny



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