Re: Re: Newbie Question -- Plot3d::plnc
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- Subject: [mg52840] Re: [mg52781] Re: Newbie Question -- Plot3d::plnc
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 05:59:47 -0500 (EST)
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>> Function Plot3D doesn't consider the first argument as a function, but...
This works just fine:
xtimesy[x_, y_] = x*y;
Plot3D[xtimesy[x, y], {x, -5, 5}, {y, -5, 5}]
Bobby
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 04:22:30 -0500 (EST), nguyen.longson at gmail.com <nguyen.longson at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can do what you want by typing these commands instead
>
> xtimesy = x*y;
> Plot3D[xtimesy, {x, -5, 5}, {y, -5, 5}]
>
> Function Plot3D doesn't consider the first argument as a function, but
> as a list of values of xtimesy at the specified values of x and y (the
> values that you defined by {x, -5, 5}, {y, -5, 5}
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Helen Read wrote:
>> jujubaby at gmail.com wrote:
>> > X-No-Archive: Yes
>> >
>> > When I enter the following two statements into Mathematica 5:
>> >
>> > xtimesy[x_, y_] := x*y;
>> > Plot3D[xtimesy[x y], {x, -5, 5}, {y, -5, 5}]
>> >
>> > I receive a huge cascade of errors, all of this form:
>> >
>> > Plot3D::plnc: xtimesy[x\y] is neither a machine-size real number at
> \
>> > {x,y}={-5.,-5.} nor a list of a real number and a valid color
>> > directive.
>> >
>> > What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Should be
>>
>> xtimesy[x_, y_] := x*y;
>> Plot3D[xtimesy[x,y], {x, -5, 5}, {y, -5, 5}]
>>
>> --
>> Helen Read
>> University of Vermont
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