Re: Vector field plotting on Mathematica ??!
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- Subject: [mg4120] Re: Vector field plotting on Mathematica ??!
- From: ianc (Ian Collier)
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 01:38:42 -0400
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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In article <4ojdde$5i8 at dragonfly.wolfram.com>, biggus at colorado.edu (Jeff) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I keep seeing these mathematica graph of vector fields (you know, with the
> arrows, and sometimes even with colors for more information) but I have
> yet to find the damn reference in a Mathematica book on how to do it. How
> how how? And why would the Mathematica manual have a picture of something
> they won't show me how to do? To torture me, I assume! :^)
>
> Please please please help me - it's driving me crazy.
> This should be a pretty standard graphing procedure.
>
> (I'm trying primarily to plot vector fields in electrodynamics.)
>
>
> -jeff
2D and 3D vector plots are defined in Graphics`PlotField` and
Graphics`PlotField3D` respectively, two of the standard
packages distributed with every copy of Mathematica.
They are documented in the "Guide to Standard Mathematica Packages"
Technical Report (pp 183-191).
Here is a simple example taken from the documentation:
Needs[ "Graphics`PlotField`"]
PlotVectorField[ {Sin[x], Cos[y]},
{x, 0, Pi}, {y, 0, Pi}]
I hope this helps.
--Ian
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