Re: dark halo around gaussian peak in Plot3D?
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- From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 05:27:24 -0500 (EST)
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It probably has to do with numerical inaccuracies. The problem is
removed by "Chop"ing the numerical output:
Plot3D[Chop@Evaluate@PDF[BinormalDistribution[0], {x, y}], {x, -40,
40}, {y, -40, 40}, PlotRange -> All, PlotPoints -> 50]
--David
On Mar 8, 4:46 pm, "Michael B. Heaney" <mhea... at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Here is simple example that demonstrates the problem:
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> Plot3D[PDF[BinormalDistribution[0], {x, y}], {x, -40, 40}, {y, -40, 40},
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> PlotRange -> All, PlotPoints -> 200]
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> Thanks,
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> On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Bob Hanlon <hanlonr... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't see a "dark halo" with the following
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> > Plot3D[
> > PDF[BinormalDistribution[0], {x, y}],
> > {x, -3, 3}, {y, -3, 3}]
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> > Can you send a simple example that demonstrates the problem?
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> > Bob Hanlon
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> > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Michael B. Heaney <mhea... at alum.mit.edu>
> > wrote:
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> > > Hi,
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> > > When I plot a gaussian peak in Plot3D, there is a dark halo around the
> > > peak. Why is this? How can I get rid of it?
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> > > Thanks,
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> > > Michael
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> Michael B. Heaney
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- From: "Michael B. Heaney" <mheaney@alum.mit.edu>
- dark halo around gaussian peak in Plot3D?