Re: Restrict domain of Plot3D[]?
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- Subject: [mg13115] Re: Restrict domain of Plot3D[]?
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 03:44:18 -0400
- Organization: University of Western Australia
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robpeterson at iname.com wrote:
> I'm plotting f[x,y] where x+y<1. Presently I'm getting this done by
>
> Plot3D[ If[ x+y<1 ], f[x,y], 0], {x,0,1}, {y,0,1}]
>
> Here, the forbidden area where x+y>1 transitions down to the 0 level.
>
> Things are working OK but the transition looks lousy.
>
> Is there some way to just stop the plotting at the boundary where x+y
> become 1? Or, some other method ?
>
> Any clues will be greatly appreciated.
An answer for this appeared in The Mathematica Journal 5(1):15. Change
variables and reparametrise y:
ParametricPlot3D[{x,u (1-x),f[x,u (1-x)]},{x,0,1},{u,0,1}];
Here y -> u (1-x) and u:[0,1].
Cheers,
Paul
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