Ploting graphs

RE: ploting graphs

Comment on 2008-03-13 16:43 from Scott03 ( Maple Rating 4

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You can either plot all the plots at the same time by entering the following code:

seq(assign(P || k, plot(x*log[10](x^k), x = -5 .. 5)), k = 1 .. 3);
plots:-display([seq(P || k, k = 1 .. 3)]);

You can then use the code above to have an animation by just adding insequence=true to the display command. So the command would be as follows:

plots:-display([seq(P || k, k = 1 .. 3)], insequence = true);

A better animation would be to use the animate command from the plots package as follows:

plots:-animate(plot, [x*log[10](x^k), x = -5 .. 5], k = 1 .. 3);

This has the advantage of liksting the k values at the top of the animation.

Scott

plotting sequences and creating animations

Comment on 2008-03-13 18:39 from Doug Meade ( Maple Rating 4

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I agree with Scott's general suggestions, but see no reason to introduce the individual plots at all. Here is the way I would create a single plot:

plot( [ x*log(x^k) $ k=1..3 ], x=0..5 );

One advantage of this is each curve is a different color.

Here is how I would create the animation:

plots:-animate( plot, [x*log(x^k), x=0..5], k=1..3, frames=3 );

Note the use of frames=3 to get only integer values of k in the animation.

If you do want the log base 10, replace log with log[10]. And, lastly, note that in Scott's plots there is nothing plotted for x<0 for even k. This is as expected. The original post indicated that x is small and positive.

I hope this is useful.

Doug

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Ploting graphs

RE: ploting graphs

plotting sequences and creating animations

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