Re: Any way to get gradient lines as well as contour lines?
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- Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 20:25:16 -0500 (EST)
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Google for the two words Mathematica relaxation and you may find some useful ideas, for example: http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RelaxationMethodForElectrostaticProblems/ HTH On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Chris Young <cy56 at comcast.net> wrote: > I'd like to be able to plot "gradient lines", i.e., lines of steepest > descent, on plots of functions of x and y, f(x, y). The contour lines > can be obtained via MeshFunctions, as in > > Plot3D[Sin[x + y^2], {x, -3, 3}, {y, -2, 2}, MeshFunctions -> {#3 &}, > Mesh -> 5]. > > I'd like all the lines at right angles to these contours. > > There must be some way to use the gradient function and then integrate > to the get the gradient lines. > > Maybe this is difficult to do, in general. Also, maybe in general the > "gradient lines" wouldn't be continuous. > > But I wonder if it could be done for some simple examples. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Chris Young > cy56 at comcast.net > > >
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- Any way to get gradient lines as well as contour lines?
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- Any way to get gradient lines as well as contour lines?