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Re: LogPlot != Plot[Log]

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  • Subject: [mg24292] Re: [mg24266] LogPlot != Plot[Log]
  • From: "Richard Finley" <rfinley at medicine.umsmed.edu>
  • Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 00:11:32 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Gy.

I believe you set your log plot to a  natural log scale compared to LogPlot which is a common log scale....try putting
Log[10,C[t]]  and {Log[10,10], Log[10,100]} in your g2 definition and now compare g3 with g4....I think you will see they are identical.

regards,  RF


>>> "Gy. Csanady" <csanady at gsf.de> 07/05/00 09:10PM >>>
Dear Steve Christensen,

I should like to post the following question to the Mathgroup. I am
relatively new with Mathematica and I encountered a problem..


Dear MathGroup,
I should like to demonstrate some transformation rules graphically using
Mathematica extended capabilities. However, the simplest example failed:
Let assume a simple exponential function with real parameters:

C1[t_] := C0*Exp[-kel*t]

param = {C0 -> 100, kel -> 1}

we can plot the function easily:

g1 = Plot[C1[t] /. param, {t, 0, 2}, PlotRange -> {{0, 2}, {10, 100}}]


We can also make a half- logarithmic plot:

g2 = Plot[Log[E, C1[t]] /. param, {t, 0, 2}, PlotStyle -> {RGBColor[0, 0, 1],
Dashing[{0.05, 0.05}]},  PlotRange -> {{0, 2}, {Log[10], Log[100]}}]

In addition we can convert the y-axis to a logarithmic one:

g3 = Show[g2, Ticks -> Join[{FullOptions[g2, Ticks][[1]], FullOptions[g2,
Ticks][[2]] /. {x_, y_Real, len_, style_} :> {x, Exp[y], len, style}}]]

We can obtain a half-logarithmic plot by using the LogPlot function:

<< Graphics`Graphics`

g4 = LogPlot[C1[t] /. param, {t, 0, 2}, PlotRange -> {{0, 2}, {10, 100}}]

Now I would expect that plot g4 and g3 become identic:

Show[{g3, g4}, PlotRange -> All]

But it is not the case. I am sure that there is something wrong. Any help
would be appreciated.
With best regards
Gy. Csanady






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