% demo for change of variables, MATH 2210-3 % author: Fernando Guevara Vasquez % Kelvin transform % grid in the u,v plane r = linspace(0.1,1,10); t = linspace(0,2*pi,20); [rr,tt] = meshgrid(r,t); uu = rr.*cos(tt); vv = rr.*sin(tt); % transformation Gx = inline('u./(u.^2+v.^2)','u','v'); Gy = inline('v./(u.^2+v.^2)','u','v'); figure(1); clf title('uv (preimage) plane'); surf(uu,vv,ones(size(vv))); xlabel('u'); ylabel('v'); axis equal; view(2); figure(2); clf title('xy (image) plane'); surf(Gx(uu,vv),Gy(uu,vv),ones(size(uu))); xlabel('x'); ylabel('y'); axis equal; view(2);