vectorfield: Vector Field Plotting

In pracma: Practical Numerical Math Functions

Vector Field Plotting

Description

Plotting a vector field

Usage

vectorfield(fun, xlim, ylim, n = 16,
            scale = 0.05, col = "green", ...)

Arguments

fun	function of two variables — must be vectorized.
xlim	range of x values.
ylim	range of y values.
n	grid size, proposed 16 in each direction.
scale	scales the length of the arrows.
col	arrow color, proposed ‘green’.
...	more options presented to the arrows primitive.

Details

Plots a vector field for a function f. Main usage could be to plot the solution of a differential equation into the same graph.

Value

Opens a graph window and plots the vector field.

See Also

quiver, arrows

Examples

f <- function(x, y) x^2 - y^2
xx <- c(-1, 1); yy <- c(-1, 1)
## Not run: 
vectorfield(f, xx, yy, scale = 0.1)
for (xs in seq(-1, 1, by = 0.25)) {
    sol <- rk4(f, -1, 1, xs, 100)
    lines(sol$x, sol$y, col="darkgreen")
}
grid()
## End(Not run)

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