fitNaturalCat: Get catenary parameters for given endpoints and length

In catenary: Fits a Catenary to Given Points

Description

Takes endpoints in data frame and length and returns parameters of catenary

Usage

fitNaturalCat(endpoints)

Arguments

endpoints

2x2 data frame with first column x second column is y

Value

vector of parameters

Note

February 11 2013

Author(s)

Jono Tuke <[e-mail]>

Examples

x <- c(-1,1)
y <- c(2,2)
endpoints <- data.frame(x=x,y=y)
fitNaturalCat(endpoints)

Example output

Attaching package: 'catenary'

The following object is masked from 'package:methods':

    Summary

Optim worked
           c1            c2        lambda 
 1.696655e+00 -4.037340e-06  0.000000e+00 

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