The current challenge is to write the verb  ratio  illustrated in the Sep 21 
note.  --Kip Murray

Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 21, 2013, at 10:14 AM, km <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I hope the following simpler example will clarify.  Notes explain what the 
> ratio is.
> 
>     data1 =: _1 0j_1 1 0j1 _1 ,: _2 _1 0 1 2  
>     NB. a square and a straight line
>  
>     data2 =: 0 { data1  NB. a square
>  
>     plot data1  NB. plot shows square as parallelogram
>  
>     ratio data1  NB. this ratio is (1 - _1) % 2 - _2, see plot
>  0.5
>  
>     'aspect 0.5' plot data1  NB. plot shows square as square
>  
>     plot data2  NB. plot shows square as a parallelogram
>  
>     ratio data2  NB. this ratio is (1 - _1) % 1 - _1, see plot
>  1
>  
>     'aspect 1' plot data2  NB. plot show square as square
>   
>     IFIPAD
>  1
>     VERSION
>  1.3 5
> 
> --Kip Murray
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Sep 21, 2013, at 8:26 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Do you mean something like an average of the sum along the last dimension?
>> 
>> If so, how important is it that any excess precision gets discarded?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -- 
>> Raul
>> 
>>> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 8:38 AM, km <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
----------------------------------------------------------------------
For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm

Reply via email to