Challenge: devise a verb  ratio  so that if

    data1 =: ((,-)2j1) ,: _1^(%~i:)60
    data2 =: _1^(%~i:)60

then

    ratio data1
 0.5
    ratio data2
 1

i.e., if  data  is complex plot data and  r  is the result of  ratio data  then 
circles in

    'aspect r' plot data

appear circular.

--Kip Murray

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> On Sep 21, 2013, at 4:08 AM, km <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Try
> 
>    'aspect 0.5' plot ((,-)2j1) ,: _1^(%~i:)60
> 
> and
> 
>    'aspect 1' plot _1^(%~i:)60
> 
> --Kip Murray
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2013, at 3:15 AM, Bo Jacoby <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>    'aspect 1' plot ((,-)2j1) ,: _1^(%~i:)60 NB. This makes the frame of the 
>> plot square, but it has different units on the two axes, so the circle is 
>> deformed. How do I make the circle circular?
>>    plot ((,-)2j1),:_1^(%~i:)60 NB. This is different, but not correct either.
>> 
>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> Fra: Linda Alvord <[email protected]>
>>> Til: [email protected] 
>>> Sendt: 3:39 lørdag den 21. september 2013
>>> Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Plotting complex lists
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Square isn't so square either.  Linda  (Yet again, life is a series of
>>> approximations.)
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bo Jacoby
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:52 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Plotting complex lists
>>> 
>>> Thanks Linda! The 'aspect 1' makes the plot square. Do you know how to make
>>> circles circular?
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> Fra: Linda Alvord <[email protected]>
>>>> Til: [email protected]
>>>> Sendt: 2:48 torsdag den 19. september 2013
>>>> Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Plotting complex lists
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Try replacing the last line with:
>>>> 
>>>> 'aspect 1' plot circle,ellipse,:hyperbola
>>>> 
>>>> Linda
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bo 
>>>> Jacoby
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 12:00 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Plotting complex lists
>>>> 
>>>> One benefit of using complex numbers is that you may forget about 
>>>> trigonometry.
>>>> 
>>>>    load'plot'
>>>>    circle=._1^n=.(%~i:)60
>>>>    ellipse=.(circle*-.a)+(+circle)*a=.0.8
>>>>    hyperbola=.-:((+%)j.(-%))^n
>>>>    plot circle,ellipse,:hyperbola
>>>>    
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> Fra: km <[email protected]>
>>>>> Til: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>>>> Sendt: 0:40 tirsdag den 17. september 2013
>>>>> Emne: Re: [Jprogramming] Plotting complex lists
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Summary of results.  The strategy of hyperbola below (plotting a 
>>>>> complex
>>>> table) is not well known.  Henry Rich found it and reported it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bo Jacoby gave the best way to change the sign of the real part of a
>>>> complex number.
>>>>> Simply do [: + -   .
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Complex Analytic Geometry
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. How to calculate complex number lists and tables for NB. plotting 
>>>>> lines, circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas.  How to NB. modify these 
>>>>> tables to achieve translations, rotations, NB. and reflections.  Begin 
>>>>> with preliminaries:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> steps =: {.@] + -~/@] * [ %~ [: i. >:@[
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB.  n steps a,b produces n+1 equally spaced values from a to b
>>>>> 
>>>>> to =: 512 steps ,  NB. Usage a to b for 512 steps from a to b
>>>>> 
>>>>> sin =: 1&o.
>>>>> 
>>>>> cos =: 2&o.
>>>>> 
>>>>> sinh =: 5&o.
>>>>> 
>>>>> cosh =: 6&o.
>>>>> 
>>>>> arcsinh =: _5&o.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Now, results
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> line =: 2 : 'm + (n-m)*]'
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. A line B [ t is point "t of the way from A to B".  Command NB.
>>>>> NB.    plot 0 line 1j1 [ _1 to 2
>>>>> NB.
>>>>> NB. shows the line segment from _1j_1 to 2j2
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. You are plotting a list of 513 complex numbers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> parabola =: 1 : '] j. (1 % 4 * m) * *:'
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. p parabola x produces point x j. y on parabola NB. (*: x) = 4*p*y 
>>>>> . Command NB.
>>>>> NB.    plot 1r4 parabola _2 to 2
>>>>> NB.
>>>>> NB. plots parabola y = *: x for x from _2 to 2
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. You are plotting a list of 513 complex numbers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ellipse =: 2 : '((m * cos) j. n * sin) 0 to 2p1'
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Suggested by Henry Rich
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Command
>>>>> NB.
>>>>> NB.    plot a ellipse b
>>>>> NB.
>>>>> NB. plots the ellipse 1 = (*: x % a) + *: y % b .
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. If a = b you get the circle (*: x) + (*: y) = *: a
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> hyperbola =: 2 : '[: (,: +) (n * sinh) j. m * cosh'
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Suggested by Henry Rich
>>>>> 
>>>>> toh =: [: to/ [: arcsinh %~
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. b toh c,d is (arcsinh c%b) to (arcsinh d%b)
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Command
>>>>> NB.
>>>>> NB.    plot a hyperbola b [ b toh c,d
>>>>> NB.
>>>>> NB. plots  y^2/a^2 - x^2/b^2 = 1  for x from c to d.
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Remember the pattern b [ b toh c,d
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. You are plotting rows of a 2 by 513 table to get the two NB. 
>>>>> branches of the hyperbola.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Rotations, translations, and reflections
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Multiply a complex number list or table by (^&j. theta) NB. to 
>>>>> rotate all of its points by theta radians.  The center NB. of rotation 
>>>>> is the origin 0 = 0j0 .
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Add 5j3 to a complex list or table to move all of its points NB. 
>>>>> the distance and direction of 5j3 from 0j0.
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Use (+ list) or (+ table) (monadic + is conjugate) to NB. reflect 
>>>>> all the points of the list or table across the NB. line through 0j0 
>>>>> and
>>>>> 1j0 -- the x-axis.  Afterwards NB. multiply by (^&j. theta) to achieve 
>>>>> a reflection across NB. the line through 0j0 and (^&j. theta).
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Multiply a positive number p times a list or table to NB. achieve 
>>>>> an expansion from 0 or compression toward 0 NB. according as  p > 1  
>>>>> or p < 1  .
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. If you want to combine several operations do the NB. reflection 
>>>>> first and the translation last.
>>>>> 
>>>>> NB. Example
>>>>> NB.
>>>>> NB.    plot (^&j. theta) * p parabola _2 to 3 NB.
>>>>> NB. plots a parabola rotated by theta radians, with 0j0 NB. the center 
>>>>> of rotation.  If theta is _1r2p1 (that is NB. - pi%2 radians) you have 
>>>>> converted a  (*: x) = 4 * p * y NB. parabola into a  (*: y) = 4 * p * 
>>>>> x parabola.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --Kip Murray
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPad
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