interpolation and plotting 3d data
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- Subject: [mg44672] interpolation and plotting 3d data
- From: Michael Alfaro <malfaro at ucsd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 03:16:37 -0500 (EST)
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Hello,
I have a list of 3D data that is not uniformly spaced (obtained through
monte carlo sampling). Is it possible to interpolate a function across
the range of the sampled points and plot the interpolated 3d function?
A sample of the data in the table (allpoints) looks like this:
{{0.19, 0.54, 0.39}, {0.19, 0.6, 0.34}, {0.19, 0.64, 0.31}, {0.19,
1.04, 0.29}, {0.19, 1.07, 0.31}, {0.2, 0.54, 0.39}, {
0.2, 0.59, 0.35}, {0.2, 0.63, 0.32}, {0.2, 0.66, 0.3}, {0.2, 0.69,
0.28}, {0.2,
1, 0.28}, {0.2, 1.03, 0.3}, {0.2, 1.06, 0.32}, {0.2, 1.09,
0.34}, {0.21, 0.47, 0.45}, {0.21, 0.54, 0.39}, {0.21,
0.62, 0.33}, {0.21, 0.65, 0.31}, {0.21, 1, 0.3}, {0.21, 1.02, 0.31},
{0.21,
1.05, 0.33}, {0.21, 1.08, 0.35}, {0.22, 0.53, 0.4}, {
0.22, 0.66, 0.31}, {0.22, 0.68, 0.3}, {0.22, 0.7, 0.29}, {0.22,
0.92, 0.28}, {0.22, 0.95, 0.29} }
I had something in mind like:
f[x_, y_, z_] = Interpolation[Flatten[allpoints, 1]]
tabdata = Table[f[x, y, z ], {x, 0.25, 0.7,
0.05}, {y, 0.3, 1.1, 0.1}, {z, 0.3, 1.1, 0.1}]
ListPlot3D[tabdata]
but must be missing something important because I can't get a plot out
of Mathematica. Would someone please help me with the correct use of
interpolation for 3d data? Also, is another plot type more appropriate?
Thanks for any help!
Michael