MATLAB: ArcCosine function

acosarccosine

this is the code i have so far. i need to write a function m-file that can solve the arc cosine function for [0, 2pi]. it is giving me an error when i try acosfull(0,0), it does not give me the error….what am i missing?

function [theta] = acosfull(x,y)
%acossfull: find output angle of arccos over 0<theta<2*pi
%   find value of acos(z) in the correct quadrant over the full range [0
%   2pi]
if y==x==0
    theta=0
    disp('Error.')
else r=sqrt(x^2 + y^2);
    z=x/r;
    acos(z)
end

Best Answer

y==x==0

is parsed as

((y==x)==0)

So it compares x to y to give 0 (false) or 1 (true), and then it compares that 0 or 1 to 0. Effectively what you coded is

if y ~= x

Try

if y == x && y == 0

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this is John BG <mailto:jgb2012@sky.com jgb2012@sky.com>

The problem is not in solving

x = 0:0.8:pi;
A = sin(x).^(1/3)
B = cos(x).^(1/3)

the operator

.^

solves for either real or complex.

The problem lays in the fact that surf doesn't take in complex values.

To solve the long expression of H, since you are dealing with complex numbers, you have to plot 2 surfs, not one: Real and Imaginary, or Modulus and Phase

clc
theta5=[0:0.1:pi];
theta4=[0:0.1:pi];
[X,Y]=meshgrid(theta4,theta5);
H=(((((cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).*(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2*sin(X).^2+cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2+2*cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2-cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2-cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^4))./6+(cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^3./27+(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2)./2-(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^6.*sin(X).^2)./2-(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./2-cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^2-((cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2)./3-(cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2)./3+(cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2)./3+(cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^2./9+(cos(X).^2*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2)./3+(2.*cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./3-(cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./3-(cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^4)./3).^3).^(1/2)-((cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).*(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2+cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2+2.*cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2-cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2-cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^4))./6-(cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^3./27-(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2)./2+(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^6.*sin(X).^2)./2+(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./2+cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^(1/3)+cos(X).^2./3-cos(Y).^2./3+sin(X).^2./3+((cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2)./3-(cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2)./3+(cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2)./3+(cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^2./9+(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2)./3+(2*cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./3-(cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./3-(cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^4)./3)./(((((cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).*(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2+cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2+2.*cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2-cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(X).^2-cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^4))./6+(cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^3./27+(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2)./2-(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^6.*sin(X).^2)./2-(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./2-cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^2-((cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2)./3-(cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2)./3+(cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2)./3+(cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^2./9+(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2)./3+(2.*cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./3-(cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./3-(cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^4)./3).^3).^(1/2)-((cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).*(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2+cos(Y).^2.*sin(X)^2+cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2+2.*cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2-cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2-cos(X).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^4))./6-(cos(Y).^2-cos(X).^2-sin(X).^2+cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2+sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^3./27-(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2)./2+(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^6.*sin(X).^2)./2+(cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^2.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./2+cos(X).^2.*cos(Y).^4.*sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2).^(1/3)-(cos(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./3-(sin(X).^2.*sin(Y).^2)./3;
figure(1);surf(X,Y,abs(H))
figure(2);surf(X,Y,angle(H))

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MATLAB: How to create a vector of this output

Try this:

[X,Y,Z] = ndgrid(-2:2);
Out = [Z(:),Y(:),X(:)]

producing:

Out =
    -2    -2    -2
    -2    -2    -1
    -2    -2     0
    -2    -2     1
    -2    -2     2
    -2    -1    -2
    -2    -1    -1
    -2    -1     0
    -2    -1     1
    -2    -1     2
    -2     0    -2
    -2     0    -1
    -2     0     0
    -2     0     1
    -2     0     2
         etc.

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