Re: VectorPlot on a Circle
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- Subject: [mg114801] Re: VectorPlot on a Circle
- From: Helen Read <readhpr at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:30:49 -0500 (EST)
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On 12/16/2010 5:51 AM, Dave Snead wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to do a vector plot but confine the vectors to a unit circle.
>
> VectorPlot[
> If[Abs[x^2 + y^2 - 1] == 0, {x, y}, {0, 0}], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}]
> only plots a couple of vectors, not the dense set of vectors that I want.
>
> and
> VectorPlot[
> If[Abs[x^2 + y^2 - 1]<.1, {x, y}, {0, 0}], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}]
> plots lots of vectors but they're on an annulus rather than a circle.
You could specify exactly what points to use.
points = Table[{Cos[t], Sin[t]}, {t, 0, 2 \[Pi], \[Pi]/24}];
VectorPlot[{x, y}, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, VectorPoints -> points]
--
Helen Read
University of Vermont
- References:
- Re: vector/matrix indexed from zero
- From: Norbert Marxer <marxer@mec.li>
- Re: vector/matrix indexed from zero