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Re: Plotting an Array of Vectors

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  • Subject: [mg124155] Re: Plotting an Array of Vectors
  • From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:23:39 -0500 (EST)
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On 1/10/12 at 5:59 AM, peter.rodenbach at googlemail.com (Peter
Rodenbach) wrote:

>I wan to plot an 50 x 50 array that has two dimensional vectors in
>it like {{3,3},{3,2},{3,4},{2,3}.....},{{3,4},...},...

>in a way that it looks like a bunch of compass needles. (Remember
>that High School experiment in which you visualise the magnetic
>field?)

If you are using vers 8 of Mathematica look up VectorPlot in the
Documentation Center. For earlier versions of Mathematica you
will need to load the package Graphics`PlotField to get this an
equivalent plotting function.




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