Re: ContourPlot, equation and R.H. side of equation_Plotting problem
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- Subject: [mg99079] Re: ContourPlot, equation and R.H. side of equation_Plotting problem
- From: Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:39:23 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gsuirn$dr2$1@smc.vnet.net>
Bill wrote:
> Hi:
>
> 1a.) When I assign 3 x^2 + 6 y^2 == 6 to eqn1, in Mathematica like this:
>
> eqn1=3 x^2 + 6 y^2 == 6;
>
> I can't get ContourPlot to plot eqn1 using this code:
>
> ContourPlot[eqn1, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}, Axes -> True]
>
>
> 1b.) If I assign the equation like this without the constant on the R.H. side in eqn2,
> ContourPlot will plot the equation as expected, using the following syntax:
>
> eqn2=3 x^2 + 6 y^2;
> ContourPlot[eqn2 == 6, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}, Axes -> True]
>
>
> Question: How can I get method 1a to work? Could you please give me code for this?
I'm not exactly sure why it's happening, but I see it too. Seeing that
ContourPlot has attribute HoldAll, I'm guessing this is another
misfiring heuristic that's attempting to determine what class of plot
it's being asked to handle and failing.
I found you can bypass the problem by putting an explicit Evaluate call
in there:
ContourPlot[Evaluate @ eqn1, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}, Axes->True]
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