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Chapter 11: Differential Equation Graphing 181
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In the Y= Editor, Axes may or may not be available, depending on the
current graph format.
If it is available, you can select the
axes that are used to graph the
differential equations. For more
information, refer to page 190.
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Axes Description
TIME Plots t on the x axis and y (the solutions to the selected
differential equations) on the y axis.
CUSTOM Lets you select the x and y axes.
Differential equation graphs use the following Window variables.
Depending on the
Solution Method and Fields graph formats, not all of
these variables are listed in the Window Editor ( ¥ $ ) at the
same time.
Variable Description
t0 Time at which the initial conditions entered in the
Y= Editor occur. You can set
t0 in the Window Editor
and Y= Editor. (If you set t0 in the Y= Editor, tplot is set
to the same value automatically.)
tmax,
tstep Used to determine the t values where the equations are
plotted:
y'(t0)
y'(t0+tstep)
y'(t0+2
ù tstep)
... not to exceed ...
y'(tmax)
If Fields = SLPFLD , tmax is ignored. Equations are
plotted from t0 to both edges of the screen in tstep
increments.
tplot First t value plotted. If this is not a tstep increment,
plotting begins at the next tstep increment. In some
situations, the first points evaluated and plotted
starting at
t0 may not be interesting visually. By setting
tplot greater than t0 , you can start the plot at the
interesting area, which speeds up the graphing time
and avoids unnecessary clutter on the Graph screen.
Setting Axes
Window Variables
Note: If tmax < t0 , tstep must
be negative.
Note: If Fields=SLPFLD,
tplot
is ignored and is
assumed to be the same
as t0.