11.3: Other Function Plots

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using Pkg; Pkg.add("Plots")

using Pkg; Pkg.add("Plots")

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using Plots

using Plots

Parametric Plots

Recall that a parametric curve is a set of points in the $xy$ -plane given by $(x(t),y(t)$ for functions $x(t)$ and $y(t)$ . The variable $t$ is called the parameter. A classic example is the circle that can be written as

$x(t) = \cos t, \qquad y(t) = \sin t \nonumber$

To plot the circle using this form, enter

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plot(t->cos(t),t->sin(t),0,2*pi,legend=false)

plot(t->cos(t),t->sin(t),0,2*pi,legend=false)

UndefVarError: plot not defined

Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at In[1]:1
 [2] include_string(::Function, ::Module, ::String, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1091

and note that the legend is turned off, since with one curve, it doesn’t make much sense. Notice that this should be a circle, but it looks like an ellipse due to the aspect ratio. If one instead adds the aspect_ratio=:equal option, as in

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plot(t->cos(t),t->sin(t),0,2*pi,aspect_ratio=:equal, legend=false)

plot(t->cos(t),t->sin(t),0,2*pi,aspect_ratio=:equal, legend=false)

Exercise

Produce a plot of the curve $x(t) = t^3-t, y(t)=t^2$ for $-2 \leq t \leq 2$ .

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# insert your code here

# insert your code here

Implicit Curves

An implicit curve is the set of points such that $f (x, y) = 0$ (or any constant) and a circle is the classic example. For example, $x^2+y^2=1$ . Although there are others ways of doing this, we will use some algebra to write the circle as $f(x,y) = x^2+y^2-1$ .

We can plot this with the contourfunction for example

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contour(-1.05:0.05:1.05, -1.05:0.05:1.05, (x,y) -> x^2+y^2-1, levels=[0], aspect_ratio = :equal, legend = false)

contour(-1.05:0.05:1.05, -1.05:0.05:1.05, (x,y) -> x^2+y^2-1, levels=[0], aspect_ratio = :equal, legend = false)

Note that again, we have used the option aspect_ratio = :equal to ensure that the circle looks like a circle. The resulting plot is exactly the same as the circle above.

The following example is a bit more visually interesting. This is the function $f(x,y) = sin(x+y)-cos(xy)+1$

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contour(-10.1:0.1:10.1, -10.1:0.1:10.1, (x,y) -> sin(x+y)-cos(x*y)+1, levels=[0], aspect_ratio = :equal, colorbar_entry = false)

contour(-10.1:0.1:10.1, -10.1:0.1:10.1, (x,y) -> sin(x+y)-cos(x*y)+1, levels=[0], aspect_ratio = :equal, colorbar_entry = false)

Exercise

A cardiod is a 2D curve that looks a bit like a heart. It can be represented by an implicit curve with the equation

$(x^2+y^2)^2 +4ax(x^2+y^2) -4a^2y^2 = 0 \nonumber$

Plot the cardiod with $a=1$ using the code block below

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# insert your code here

# insert your code here

Surface Plots

If we have a function of 2 variables, a surface plot is nice to use. For example, if we have the function

$f(x,y) = e^{-0.1(x^2+y^2)} \label{3dbell}$

and we want to plot it from -3 to 3 in both directions, if we define

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f(x,y)=exp(-0.1*(x^2+y^2))
x = y = range(-5, stop = 5, length = 40)

f(x,y)=exp(-0.1*(x^2+y^2))
x = y = range(-5, stop = 5, length = 40)

-5.0:0.2564102564102564:5.0

and then plot with

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surface(x,y, f, legend = false)

surface(x,y, f, legend = false)

UndefVarError: surface not defined

Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at In[2]:1
 [2] include_string(::Function, ::Module, ::String, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1091

Exercise

Produce a surface plot of the function $f(x,y)=\sin x \cos y$ for $0\leq x \leq 2\pi, 0\leq y \leq 2\pi$ using the code block below

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# insert your code here

# insert your code here

Heat Maps

A heat map is a 2-dimensional version of a surface plot in which the height of each value is given a color. The following produces a heat map of the function in $\ref{3dbell}$

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heatmap(x,y,f)

heatmap(x,y,f)

UndefVarError: heatmap not defined

Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at In[2]:1
 [2] include_string(::Function, ::Module, ::String, ::String) at ./loading.jl:1091

Exercise

Produce a surface plot of the function $f(x,y)=\sin x \cos y$ for $0\leq x \leq 2\pi, 0\leq y \leq 2\pi$ using the code block below

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# Insert your code here

# Insert your code here

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