RE: is there a way to swap the axes in a Plot?
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- Subject: [mg29932] RE: [mg29910] is there a way to swap the axes in a Plot?
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 03:56:57 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
David,
One method is to use ParametricPlot. Here is an example:
x[y_] := ArcSin[y]
ParametricPlot[{x[y], y}, {y, -1, 1}, Frame -> True,
FrameLabel -> {x, y}];
David Park
djmp at earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/
> From: David E. Burmaster [mailto:deb at alceon.com]
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>
> Dear MathGroup,
>
> Is there an easy way to "transpose" the Plot of a graph?
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> I know the inverse function in closed form (and it is impossible to invert
> in closed form).
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> In other words, I have an equation in closed form for:
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> x = f^-1[y]
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> I want to Plot this inverse function, then "transpose" the graph so that
> the final graphic has x on the horizontal axis and y on the vertical axis.
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> Any ideas?
>
> many thanks,
> David E. Burmaster
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> deb at Alceon.com
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