Any Mathematica experts?

Zim Hosein

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Originally posted by: archcommus
Using this program without proper documentation and instructions = teh suck.

That'll teach you to not steal software! :p
 

Heisenberg

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Unless you're doing super hard stuff and need the extra power, I find Maple or Matlab much much easier than Mathematica.
 

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I loved mathematica when I had to use it. way easier than matlab or anything like that.

It has been 3 years or so since i've used it (maybe more) but i might be able to help you out.
 

archcommus

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Sorry I had to go for a bit.

I've used Maple in the past but my professor requires us to use Mathematica for our assignments.

I just can't figure out how to use the ParametricPlot function. It says that using ParametricPlot [ { t , f [t] } ] will plot y = f (x) , but I'm not understanding the purpose of t in this. Probably just due to my lack of understanding of what parametric graphs are. The point of using the function is to draw a graph and its inverse.
 
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yeah... understanding what a parametric graph is crucial :confused:
Define the function first
f[t_]:=asdlkasdfasdf
 

archcommus

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Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
yeah... understanding what a parametric graph is crucial :confused:
Define the function first
f[t_]:=asdlkasdfasdf
Well I already have f (x) defined and I tried using the ParametricPlot function with {x, f(x)}, and then {x,-5,5} for the bounds. But it just gave back an error.

 

archcommus

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Just had to redefine the function by hitting Shift+Enter on the command again, in case you were wondering. :p