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Re: why does this call to ListPlot3D crash the kernel?

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• Subject: [mg120963] Re: why does this call to ListPlot3D crash the kernel?
• From: Heike Gramberg <heike.gramberg at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 06:34:02 -0400 (EDT)
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In my version of Mathematica, the kernel doesn't crash, but I do get the 
following warning:

ListPlot3D::ntri: The data generates an inconsistent triangulation. You 
can perturb the data to make it valid. >>

and Mathematica returns the unevaluated input. I suspect that the 
problem is the discrepancy between the
range of y-values and the range of x-values which differ by a order 9. 
One way to get the plot to word is to
do something like this

maxmin = {Min[#], Max[#]} & /@ Transpose[flatvaluematrix][[{1, 2}]];

rescaled =
  Transpose[{Rescale[flatvaluematrix[[All, 1]]],
    Rescale[flatvaluematrix[[All, 2]]],
    flatvaluematrix[[All, 3]]}];

gr = ListPlot3D[
   rescaled, PlotRange -> All];

gr /. GraphicsComplex[a__] :>
  GeometricTransformation[GraphicsComplex[a],
   RescalingTransform[{{0, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}},
    Append[maxmin, {0, 1}]]]

This basically rescales the x,y-values of the data points so that they 
lie in the range {0,1}, plots the rescaled
points, and then stretches the graph in the x and y-direction back to 
the original values of x and y.


Heike


On 18 Aug 2011, at 09:22, Michael Stern wrote:

> I have a matrix of 48 three-number lists that is for some reason 
killing
> the kernel when I try to graph it.
>
> flatvaluematrix={{3525206400, -0.001, 33.0746}, {3525206400, 0.005,
>   12786.3}, {3525206400, 0.011, 38541.}, {3525206400, 0.017,
>   65163.}, {3527798400, -0.001, 23.5575}, {3527798400, 0.005,
>   12559.3}, {3527798400, 0.011, 38463.9}, {3527798400, 0.017,
>   65143.1}, {3530476800, -0.001, 15.0909}, {3530476800, 0.005,
>   12299.7}, {3530476800, 0.011, 38387.1}, {3530476800, 0.017,
>   65126.1}, {3533068800, -0.001, 8.58963}, {3533068800, 0.005,
>   12022.3}, {3533068800, 0.011, 38318.7}, {3533068800, 0.017,
>   65113.8}, {3535747200, -0.001, 4.53454}, {3535747200, 0.005,
>   11762.1}, {3535747200, 0.011, 38267.4}, {3535747200, 0.017,
>   65106.6}, {3538425600, -0.001, 1.87709}, {3538425600, 0.005,
>   11474.7}, {3538425600, 0.011, 38224.9}, {3538425600, 0.017,
>   65102.2}, {3540931200, -0.001, 0.562167}, {3540931200, 0.005,
>   11178.4}, {3540931200, 0.011, 38195.7}, {3540931200, 0.017,
>   65100.3}, {3543609600, -0.001, 0.110118}, {3543609600, 0.005,
>   10895.5}, {3543609600, 0.011, 38179.8}, {3543609600, 0.017,
>   65099.8}, {3546201600, -0.001, 0.00755001}, {3546201600, 0.005,
>   10603.2}, {3546201600, 0.011, 38172.9}, {3546201600, 0.017,
>   65099.6}, {3548880000, -0.001, 0.0000273622}, {3548880000, 0.005,
>   10312.}, {3548880000, 0.011, 38171.4}, {3548880000, 0.017,
>   65099.6}, {3551472000, -0.001, 1.06357*10^-11}, {3551472000, 0.005,
>   10119.2}, {3551472000, 0.011, 38171.3}, {3551472000, 0.017,
>   65099.6}, {3554150400, -0.001, 0.}, {3554150400, 0.005,
>   0.}, {3554150400, 0.011, 0.}, {3554150400, 0.017, 0.}};
>
> ListPlot3D[flatvaluematrix]
>
> Kaboom!
>
> This fails under both Windows Mathematica 8.01 and Windows Mathematica 
7.
>
> Can anybody help?
>
> Thank you.
>
> MS
>
>
>
> (For those who are curious, the first number in the list is a date, the
> second is an interest rate spread, and the third is the value of a
> financial instrument on the specified date and the given spread).
>

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  • why does this call to ListPlot3D crash the kernel?
    • From: Michael Stern <nycstern@gmail.com>