Plotting Quartic Solutions in Polar Coordinates
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- Subject: [mg112459] Plotting Quartic Solutions in Polar Coordinates
- From: Ed Frank <satchelp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:59:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: Ed Frank <satchelp at earthlink.net>
I have used "Solve" in (M7HE) to provide solutions to a Quartic equation in (r,Phi), and have attempted to plot the results in Polar coordinates without much success. Can I send you what I have done - in an email attachment perhaps - and ask for your comments? The equation involves the 2 variables (r, Phi) and a single, constant (though adjustable) parameter: r^4 - (2 Cos[2*[Phi]]) r^2 - (a - 1) == 0 These are "Cassinian Ovals" for different vales of "a". I think part of the problem may be in the self-defined formulas I created to consolidate the solution(s). PolarPlot seems to plot a Test constant value OK, but won't plot my solution formulas. Thanks, Ed Frank satchelp at earthlink.net