The Vpar Variable - HP 50g User Manual

Note: The equations x = x(X,Y), y = y(X,Y), z=z(X,Y) represent a parametric
description of a surface. X and Y are the independent parameters. Most
textbooks will use (u,v) as the parameters, rather than (X,Y). Thus, the
parametric description of a surface is given as x = x(u,v), y = y(u,v), z=z(u,v).
For example, to produce a Pr-Surface plot for the surface x = x(X,Y) = X sin Y, y
= y(X,Y) = x cos Y, z=z(X,Y)=X, use the following:
Press „ô, simultaneously if in RPN mode, to access to the PLOT
SETUP window.
Change
TYPE
Press ˜ and type '{X*SIN(Y), X*COS(Y), X}' @@@OK@@@.
Make sure that 'X' is selected as the
Press L@@@OK@@@ to return to normal calculator display.
Press „ò, simultaneously if in RPN mode, to access the PLOT
WINDOW screen.
Keep the default plot window ranges to read:
Far: 1, Z-Low: -1, Z-High:1, XE: 0, YE:-3, zE:0,
Press @ERASE @DRAW to draw the three-dimensional surface.
Press @EDIT!L @LABEL @MENU to see the graph with labels and ranges.
Press LL@) P ICT @CANCL to return to the PLOT WINDOW environment.
Press $ , or L@@@OK@@@, to return to normal calculator display.

The VPAR variable

The VPAR (Volume Parameter) variable contains information regarding the
"volume" used to produce a three dimensional graph. Therefore, you will see it
produced whenever you create a three dimensional plot such as Fast3D,
Wireframe, or Pr-Surface.
to
Pr-Surface.
and 'Y' as the
Indep:
X-Left:-1, X-Right:1, Y-Near:-1, Y-
Step Indep: 10, Depnd: 8
variables.
Depnd:
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