I never got parametric plot2d to work without out t as parameter as
well.
In 5.11.0,
plot2d([parametric,cos(t),sin(t)],[t,0,6]);
produces the plot, but
(%i3) plot2d([parametric,cos(u),sin(u)],[u,0,6]);
Unknown plot option specified: u
-- an error. To debug this try debugmode(true);
-sen
On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Robert Dodier wrote:
> On 1/6/07, Dan Solomon <Daniel.L.Solomon at nasa.gov> wrote:
>
>> x[1]:.5; x[2]:sqrt(1-x[1]^2) * cos(2*tau); x[3]:sqrt(1-x[1]^2) * sin
>> (2*tau);
>
>> plot2d([parametric, x[2],x[3], [tau,0,2*%pi]]);
>
> Dan, for these inputs, I get "Unknown plot option specified: tau".
> If I change the tau in the expressions to t, then the parametric
> plot works OK.
>
> If you have time please file a bug report.
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=4933&atid=104933
> A parametric plot should work for any name of the parameter.
>
> If you're using an older version of Maxima I'll recommend pretty
> strongly to get the most recent version. There have been many
> improvements (although not a fix for this particular bug).
>
>> The following restarts are available:
>> R1 = Macsyma top-level
>>
>> 1. Break [1]>
>
> Try entering "R1" at the prompt. If that doesn't help try "(run)".
>
> Hope this helps,
> Robert Dodier
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