Suggestions for more compact code
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- Subject: [mg48783] Suggestions for more compact code
- From: mathma18 at hotmail.com (Narasimham G.L.)
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 04:54:55 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I wish to avoid writing independent variable repetitively, reducing
the bulk and appearance of written programs in Mathematica; :).. May I
avail the liberty,even with my relatively new acquaintance to Mathematica, to
make a small suggestion for the code? Of course, I do understand the
code is written keeping generalities/versatality in mind, but as is
well known in NDSolve and other so many Function usages that Mathematica is so
well known for, a single independent variable like x or time t is most
often used. For plotting Cornu's Spiral from its differential
equation, one writes in the normal way:
---
NDSolve[{ph'[s] == s,ph[0] == 0},
ph,{s,-8,8}];
ph2[u_]=ph[u]/.First[%];
Plot[ph2[s],{s, -8,8}] ;
NDSolve[{x'[s] == Simplify[Cos[ph2[s]]],x[0] == 0},
x,{s, -8,8}];
x2[v_]=x[v]/.First[%];
Plot[x2[s],{s,-8,8}];
NDSolve[{y'[s] == Simplify[Sin[ph2[s]]],y[0] == 0},
y,{s, -8,8}];
y2[w_]=y[w]/.First[%];
Plot[y2[s],{s,-8,8}];
ParametricPlot[{x2[s],y2[s]},{s,-8,8}];
----
" Suggested declaration for Functions of single argument:
Variables[{ph,ph2,x,x2,y,y2},[s]] "
" Suggested command for single Dummy independent
variable/argument: x2[]=x[]/.First[%]"
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By above shorter notation, it might be possible to write:
NDSolve[{ph' == s,ph[0] == 0},ph,{s,-8,8}];
ph2[]=ph[]/.First[%]; Plot[ph2,{s, -8,8}] ;
NDSolve[{x' == Simplify[Cos[ph2]],x[0] == 0},x,{s, -8,8}];
x2[]=x[]/.First[%]; Plot[x2,{s,-8,8}];
NDSolve[{y' == Simplify[Sin[ph2]],y[0] == 0},y,{s, -8,8}];
y2[]=y[]/.First[%]; Plot[y2,{s,-8,8}];
ParametricPlot[{x2,y2},{s,-8,8}];
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Best Regards, Narasimham.