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Example: Parametric Curves in 2D Plots
Plot the points of a curve whose coordinates are functions of one or more parameters.
One Parameter
1. Define the functions x and y in terms of parameter a:
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2. Plot y against x. For parametric curves, 500 points are plotted over a range determined by an algorithm. When you change the number of plotted points, the range is changed accordingly.
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Two Parameters
1. Set the number of data points.
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2. Define the angle and the radius at each data point.
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3. Define the parametrized coordinate vectors.
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4. Record the above values in a matrix so that you can reuse them or write them to an external file for other applications.
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5. Plot y against x. You can change the plotted points by modifying the definition of the range variable i.
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6. Show the above curve as a polar plot (non-parametric).
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