Re: How to evaluate the Laplacian of a function as a function?
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- Subject: [mg114354] Re: How to evaluate the Laplacian of a function as a function?
- From: dr DanW <dmaxwarren at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 05:37:44 -0500 (EST)
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This is a pattern I use a lot for exactly the same problem. Try: LaplacianOfFunc = Function[{Xx, Yy}, Evaluate[Laplacian[func[Xx, Yy]]]] Now you can use LaplacianOfFunc as a function in two variables, as in Plot3D[LaplacianOfFunc[x, y], {x, 0, 6}, {y, 0, 6}] Enjoy, Daniel