Re: How to evaluate the Laplacian of a function as a function?
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- Subject: [mg114357] Re: How to evaluate the Laplacian of a function as a function?
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 05:38:17 -0500 (EST)
- References: <id4sma$ci5$1@smc.vnet.net>
Try using this funcLap1[Xx_,Yy_]=Laplacian[func[Xx,Yy]] I would use the equals rather than the delayed equals (:=) Also, you can make your coordinates "nice" by doing a SetCoordinates[Cartesian[x,y,z]] beforehand. Then you can use x,y,z rather than Xx,Yy,Zz, which are the matematica defaults. Kevin On 12/1/2010 2:15 AM, Iliyan Georgiev wrote: > Hi, > > I have a stupid problem and cannot find a solution anywhere. I have > the function > > func[x_,y_] := 3/Pi*(1 - x^2 + y^2))^2 > > which I need the Laplacian of: > > funcLapl := Laplacian[func[Xx,Yy]] > > The Laplacian is computed correctly, but how can I treat the result as > a function? I want to be able to evaluate/plot the Laplacian. I tried > many things and I'm frustrated. My current solution is to manually > copy the derived Laplacian and create a function from that. It's > obviously not a good solution. > > Any suggestions? >