Re: plot a function of two variables
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- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:12:22 -0400 (EDT)
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On Oct 13, 2012, at 1:03 AM, Miguel Aragon <aragon.miguel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have a question about how to plot a function of two variable of the form
> (x-a)^2 + (y-b)^2 = r^2 with Mathematica v 7.0? Is it possible?
Use ContourPlot. For example:
ContourPlot[(x - 1)^2 + (y + 1)^ 2== 3^2, {x, -4, 5}, {y, -5, 4},
ContourStyle -> Thick, Axes -> True, Frame -> False, AxesLabel -> "x", "y"}]
Notice that with this form of ContourPlot, where the first argument is a function, you do not specify the Contours option.
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