Re: a' vs a and a vs a' looks different in streamplot
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- Subject: [mg99659] Re: a' vs a and a vs a' looks different in streamplot
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 05:18:07 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gu3bgr$fd$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi, the vector field is rotated but not {a,b} .. Regards Jens sean_incali at yahoo.com wrote: > Consider the following. > > a'[t]= -a[t] -kr -b[t] > > Let us plot the vectorfields of a' vs a. (or a vs a' for that matter) > as follows. > > Manipulate[{StreamPlot[{a, -a - kr b}, {a, -10, 10}, {b, -10, 10}, > FrameLabel -> {a, a'}], > StreamPlot[{-a - kr b, a}, {a, -10, 10}, {b, -10, 10}, > FrameLabel -> {a', a}]}, {kr, 0, 10}] > > Why do the plots of " a vs. a' " and " a' vs. a " look so different? > They aren't just 90' rotation of each other. > > Shouldn't they be? > > Thanks for any insight. > > Sean >