Plot Definition and 717 Threads

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    Vector plot does not take an equation as an argument

    VectorPlot[{D[x[t], t] == x[t] (4 - y[t] - x[t]^2), D[y[t], t] == y[t] (-1 + x[t])}, {x, -10, 10}, {y, -10, 10}, {t, -10, 10}] I'm trying to graph the phase plane of these equations. I get an error, what's wrong with my command?
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    Plotting probability plot by hand

    Anyone knows how to plot a simple probability plot by hand (manually) without using statisical software?
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    Undamped Spring question problem solved, but I can't plot the graph

    Homework Statement a mass weighig 2 pounds stretches a spring 6 inches. If the mass is pulled down an additional 3 inches and then released, and if there is no damping, detemine the position, u of the mass at any time, t. Plot u verses t. Find the frequency, period and amplitute of the...
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    [help] using scilab to plot the direction fiel of ode

    Homework Statement write down the scilab code that will plot the direction field of dy/dx = x^2 + y^2 -1 on a suitably large rectangle. you have to adjust the interval values of x and y so as to get a clear picture. Homework Equations dy/dx = x^2 + y^2 -1 The Attempt at a Solution...
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    Electron Velocity from Linearly Increasing Acceleration Graph

    Homework Statement an electron starting from rest has an acceleration that increases linearly with time, a= kt. k = 1.5ms^2/s Plot acceleration v.s. time graph for 10 seconds Estimate electron's velocity 5.0s after its motion starts Homework Equations vx =vx0 + axt...
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    MATLAB Creating Bode Plot in MATLAB - Tieske90

    Hi everybody, I did a few measurements at a printer. I have a signal that i put in the printer that gives the printerhead a speed. I have put a sinus on the printerhead, and did this at different frequencies with the same signal strength (20 to 500 Hz, with steps of 15 Hz). I want to...
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    MATLAB Is it possible to create a plot with tick labels as multiples of pi in MATLAB?

    I want to create a plot, but want the horizontal axis to have increments as multiples of pi eg. {0, pi/2, pi, 3pi/2, ... } Is this at all possible in matlab?
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    Plot both sets and I want to highlight the intersection of A and B.

    I've two problems: Given are the two sets A = \left \lbrace (x_{0}, x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}) \in \mathbb{R}^{4} \mid x_{0}^{2} = \vec{x} \, ^{2}, x_{0} \geq 0 \right \rbrace and B = \left \lbrace (x_{0}, x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}) \in \mathbb{R}^{4} \mid (k_{0} - x_{0})^{2} = (\vec{k} -...
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    How can I accurately plot the Bragg curve for alpha particles?

    Goodmorning everyone, I'm new to this forum! I'm graduing in physics in Italy, and I have this problem. I want use root to plot the Bragg curve for different kinds of particles, with different initial conditions. the problem is, which function have I to plot...
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    Mathematica How can Mathematica be used to plot graphs of complex valued functions?

    hi , i am unable to draw the graphs of complex valued functions using mathematica, please help me . Ex:koebe function. z/(1-z)^2, z is a complex number
  11. Angelos K

    How can I display Greek letters in legends using Octave plot?

    Homework Statement Hi! I'm sorry if this is misplaced, but I didn't know where else to post it. In my thesis I need greek letters to appear in a legend for a figure generated with octave. Now I normally know how to do that. F.e. if I say: legend('\alpha','\kappa') everythging works...
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    I use c to program. plot them with other software like IDL or origin.

    I use c to program. Usually, I write the data to files and plot them with other software like IDL or origin. but I really tired of it, since i need open a file thousands times while debug. Is there any better method to plot the data. which methods do you use?
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    How Do You Calculate Quartiles and Variance from a Stem and Leaf Plot?

    Hi i need to know a couple of things and i don't know how to get to them...thanks for taking a look over this ... Stem and leaf... 10 |0 9 |2,4,5 8 | 1,2,7,9 7 | 1,1,3 6 | 1,2,8 5 | 1,5 Mean = 77 Mode = 71 Median = what is the mode? I think its 80 but I am not...
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    Plotting Orbitals: Easy Formulas for Non-Physicists

    My question is that is there any formula for non-physicists like me that can we can use to plot and graph the orbitals of atoms. I know the orbitals arise from solving the Schrodinger equation and solving them but are there already known equations that we can just plug into graphing program that...
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    MATLAB Matlab Map Projection Plot: How to Plot Supernovae Coordinates on a Hammer Plot

    Hi there, I am trying to plot the coordinates of Supernovae onto what I think is known as a hammer plot i.e a 2D plot representing the surface of a sphere. I have no idea how to do this, and have been searching the internet to no avail. Can anyone offer any advice ? I only have a basic...
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    MATLAB How to Create a 3D Distribution Plot in Matlab?

    Im trying to build a Matlab code for the distribution of a parameter (such as density or temperature) in 3D, then visualise the distribution also in 3D. At the end, the distribution plot should look like a cone shape where the highest value for the density (or temperature) is at the tip of the...
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    MATLAB How to Create a 3D Distribution Plot in Matlab?

    Im trying to build a Matlab code for the distribution of a parameter (such as density or temperature) in 3D, then visualise the distribution also in 3D. At the end, the distribution plot should look like a cone shape where the highest value for the density (or temperature) is at the tip of the...
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    MATLAB MATLAB plot on an axe on a different figure

    Hi, I have this problem: I have a main file (main.m) in which is coded a for loop (needed for some data-gathering). De data is stored in a vector. This vector is passes to a 2nd figure (test1.m) which has an axe. Here I want to plot the data in a "real-time" mode. I do this with another...
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    How do I plot a function with frequency and energy using Mathematica?

    Hello guys, I'm doing a comparison between Planck's, Rayleigh's and Wien's formula, and I'm plotting the following function in mathematica Plot[{(2 h (v 10^11)^3)/c^2 10^17/(Exp[(h (v 10^11))/(k T)] - 1), ( 2 (v 10^11)^2)/c^2 k T 10^17, (2 h (v 10^11)^3)/ c^2 Exp[-((h (v...
  20. Q

    How to Plot a Polygon on X-Y Graph Knowing the Radius

    Homework Statement I want to plot a Regular Polygon of many sides on a X-Y graph where I know the number of sides and the radius. I would like a method to calculate the position of the corners of this shape without using compass/ruler. If there was an algorithm that goes all the way around...
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    How to plot 3D cylinder shapes in Mathematica?

    hey How can i do that? Can anyone of you help me?greets button MATHEMATICA
  22. C

    MATLAB MATLAB: Marginal Distribution Plot

    Hi I am trying to find a way to create a marginal distribution plot in matlab. I have lots of X-Y values on a scatter plot and need to find the approximate distribution. I have the Statistics Toolbox which is probably needed. I used POLYTOOL which gives me a mean and standard deviation...
  23. N

    Plot graph of points with known inter distances

    Greetings, I am a biochemist/bioinformatician. I have a bunch of clusters, of which I have already calculated all their respective (euclidean) inter distances, from centroid to centroid. I need to plot a graph with these clusters for visual inspection and publication. My problem is how to...
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    Mathematica [Mathematica]Frustratedhow to color a plot according to the values?

    Hi all. I have been searching over the web for some time, kind of frustrated... I would like to plot the contourplot of a function, and I would like the contourplot to be colored. The rule is that...the negative values should be blue in colors and the positive values should be red in colors...
  25. qspeechc

    MATLAB Plotting a 3D Function in Matlab: Visualizing the Evolution of a System

    Hi everyone. So, I have a quantity I am computing, say w, a vector. Now w is a function of time t and space x. I have the vectors x and t. At each time step in a loop, I calculate w for that time step. How do I plot w as a 3D plot, as a function of time t and space x, so I can see the...
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    Calculators Sequences, Cumulative Sums, Partial Sums Plot - Ti-89 Titanium

    Sequences, Cumulative Sums, Partial Sums Plot --- Ti-89 Titanium My proffessor just gave us all these packets for all these programs he wants us to put into our calculators. They are for a Partial Sums Plot, and a List of Cumulative Sums, nth terms and differences. They're all for the Ti-83...
  27. S

    Kinetic Energy Plot: Find Speed & Turning Point

    Homework Statement Figure shows a plot of potential energy U versus position x of a 0.900 kg particle that can travel only along an x axis. (Nonconservative forces are not involved.) Three values are UA = 15 J, UB = 35 J and UC = 45 J. The particle is released at x = 4.5 m with an initial...
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    Drawing a Bode Plot w/ Equation Example

    Homework Statement How do you draw a bode plot? I have a simple equation: H(S)=s+10 but no school book. Can you help me understand?
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    How to Draw a Bode Plot Without a School Book

    Homework Statement How do you draw a bode plot? I have a simple equation: H(S)=s+10 but no school book. Can you teach me?
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    Plot the graph of the electrical field

    Graph Help! Plot the graph of the electrical field created by a point charge of 10^-6 C as a funtion of distance to the charge. Plot the graph for the range of the distances from 0.1m to 1m Should I use this equation... E= Q/(4.pi.e)x(d^2) as this is for electric field strength and not...
  31. A

    Maple Maple, plot system of equations, matrix.

    Hello, I have scavenged the internet and have not been able to figure out how to plot a series of equations in matrix form using maple. for example y = [a,b,c] * x + [4,5,6] would be y1 = a*x + 4 y2 = b*x + 5 y3 = c*x + 6 plot (y1,y2,y3 versus x). I have attached my actual...
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    How do you plot nonhomogeous equations in Mathematica?

    NDSolve[{y'[x] == y[x] Cos[x + y[x]], y[0] == 1}, y, {x, 0, 30}] i attempted this, but it didn't work.
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    Mathematica PDE Plot Mathematica(Multivalue)

    I am trying to plot: u(x,y)=sin(x-t u(x,y)) An implicit solution to a PDE. I have no clue how to do this; I've plotted an equation like this before.
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    How Do I Plot the Convolution of Two Discrete Functions in Matlab?

    Homework Statement I want to plot the convolution of 2 discrete funtions, for example: rect1 [n] and sin (2*pi*n/9), how can i do that? thanks! :smile: Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution
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    MATLAB Saving Plots in Matlab - A Beginner's Guide

    Hey, I am making some plots in a loop and I want to save the different plots in different files. I am new to Matlab so I don't know what to do, I tried the command print('-dpdf','plot n = %s'n) ,but that was an 'Unexpected MATLAB expression.'
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    Producing a graph plot of points in 2D/3D

    I was wondering if there were reasonable ways of producing a graph of a bunch of points in C. Being able to connect them with lines would be even better. I'm on Mac OS X and I use XCode if it matters. So far, I'm not too familiar with <graphics.h>. I wouldn't mind creating my own graphics...
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    Plot a several energy eigenvalues of a partical

    Hi How can i compute(or obtain from mathmatical tables) and plot a several energy eigenvalues of a particle in an infinity deep ,spherically and symmetric square well?
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    MATLAB Plot 3D Eqns in MATLAB: 5x^2 - 2y^2 + 4x+ 4y -4 +2xy etc

    i want to plot these equations in 3d Eq 1= 5x^2 - 2y^2 + 4x+ 4y -4 +2xy Eq 2 =x^2 +3x +2y +xy +5 eq 3 = -7x2 +3x -6y +5xy +2 i tried plot3 with 3 matix of x,y,z but i am not satisfied with the result. please if anyone know how to plot these equations.let me know thanks in advance
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    Plot of the Fabric of Spacetime - Schwarzschild

    Hi there. I am trying to plot the fabric of spacetime caused by an object using the schwarzchild solution. The idea is to replace one of the basis of space with time. I have computed R_{\mu\nu}, R and T_{\mu\nu} but I'm stuck here. How do I get to the equation of the surface from here? Any help...
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    Speed at 5 Seconds on Linear Plot with Slope 5.0 m/s2

    A linear plot of speed versus elapsed time has a slope of 5.0 m/s2 and a vertical intercept of 5.0 m/s. (a) What is the change in speed in the time interval between 4.0 seconds and 6.0 seconds? The answer is 10, which completely makes sense to me. But... (b) What is the speed when the...
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    Can Mathematica Plot Functions with Undefined Parameters?

    General question regarding mathematica. I am trying to make a plot of A Sin(\omega t - \pi / 2) but it seems that mathematica cannot plot this graph without having A and omega defined. Is there a way to have mathematica plot this given the variable A and frequency omega? Basically, instead...
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    How to plot frequency vs gain for a filter?

    Hello, I am trying to understand how this graph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bandwidth_2.svg gets plotted. My goal is to write a small program that takes the center frequency/bandwidth and a (cut/boost) gain values and plot the curve. I initially assumed, all I needed to find was an...
  43. Lisa!

    MATLAB Draw Thomson cross section in polar plot by matlab

    Well I'm supposed to draw Thomson cross section in polar plot by MATLAB software. Have I done it right? I mean does this figure that I got seem to be in polar plot or not? t = 0:.01:2*pi; r = 2.8179e-13 x = t,0.5*power(r,2)*(1+power(cos(t),2)) polar(t,x) Thanks
  44. M

    Calculate Dislocation from Williamson-Hall Plot

    I would like to calculate the dislocation from the WH plot. I have HRXRD mesurement results with (004),(111) and (115) for omega and omega-2theta. Please someone guide me how to do?
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    Is My Lecturer Correct in Specifying Initial Conditions for PDEs?

    Has my lecturer lost the plot!? He keeps giving us PDEs to solve where the initial conditions specify x at a POINT rather than along a curve e.g. solve yzx+xzy+z=y given z=2 @ (3,1) should he not be saying z@ x = ... OR z @ y = ... thanks
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    Creating a Y = kx + m plot in excel

    Homework Statement Values for t 1,2 3,4 7,15 9,32 12,28 15 18,39 21,45 Values for ln(V∞-Vt) 3,6 3,57 3,54 3,51 3,48 3,45 3,42 3,39 ln V∞ = 3,63 Homework Equations ln (V∞-Vt) = ln V∞ - k''t Teacher Quote: "If ln (V∞-Vt) is plotted against t in a diagram a straight...
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    Help with 3-d plot in Sigmaplot

    Hi guys, The Prof. I'm doing my project under has asked me to come up with some 3-d plots of our experiement in sigma plot and I am, to put it politely - struggling. I'm investigating surface plasmons, and our experiment takes a spectrum from 190nm to 1000nm, and we do this at multiple...
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    News ATF disrupts skinhead plot to assassinate Obama

    Well Fidel Castro, for one, is surprised that Obama is still alive: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_el_pr/skinhead_plot
  49. R

    MATLAB How to Continually Update Text on a Plain Figure Environment in Matlab?

    I want to be able to display continually updated numbers on a plain figure environment. For example, a cheap way to do this is: figure(1) for j = 1:10 title([ 'Hello'; num2str(j) ]) end This prints out a two-liner ('Hello' and a number) in the title portion of the figure. I...
  50. M

    Would the y vs. t plot look like a parabola?

    Can anyone please explain to me what a y vs. t and a v vs. t plot would look like for an object projected vertically upward with an initial velocity of 34.3 m/s? Would the y vs. t plot look like a parabola? Would the v vs. t plot look like a diagonal line starting at 34.3 m/s and ending at...
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