Re: Nullcline and getting "2" values for y
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- Subject: [mg81482] Re: Nullcline and getting "2" values for y
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:27:54 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello Sean,
I think you are confusing the axes. Your plot shows that there is one
value of fun for every value of y (in the range 0..1), NOT two. However,
there are two values of y for every value of fun.
hope this helps, Daniel
sean_incali wrote:
> I have this equation I can plot using the following
>
> ClearAll["Global`*"]
>
>
> fun = (b c y - a y^ n + y^(1 + n))/(b + y^n);
> d = 0.1;
> c = 1;
> b = 10;
> a = 11;
> n = 5;
> ParametricPlot[{fun, (y)}, {y, 0, 1}, PlotRange -> All]
>
> I am plotting the function "fun" against values of y.
>
> When I do that I get a curvew that clearly shows that, for a given
> value of y, I should get two value for the function.
>
> How do I get what they are?
>
> If I just go..
>
> d = 0.1;
> c = 1;
> b = 10;
> a = 11;
> n = 2;
> y = 0.5;
>
> (b c y - a y^ n + y^(1 + n))/(b + y^n)
>
> I get
>
> 0.231707
>
> but starting at y=0 all the way to y= 0.6 or so, there are two values!
> (according to the graph)
>
> How do I get what those values are?
>
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> sean
>
>