Plotting Fresnel Integral Equations in Maple: How to Generate a Table of Values

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around plotting Fresnel integral equations in Maple and generating a table of values for the function over a specified range. The scope includes technical explanations and practical application of Maple software for mathematical computations.

Discussion Character

  • Technical explanation, Experimental/applied, Homework-related

Main Points Raised

  • One participant seeks assistance in generating a table of values for the Fresnel integral equations in Maple, specifically between x=-8.5 and x=8.5 in 0.1 increments.
  • Another participant expresses uncertainty about how to proceed with the task of tabulating values.
  • A participant reports difficulty in evaluating the Fresnel equation at specific values, noting that Maple returns "FresnelC(2)" instead of a numerical result.
  • A suggestion is made to use the evalf function to evaluate FresnelC at specific points, along with a proposed command using seq to create a matrix of values.
  • One participant shares their experience of successfully using the Maple spreadsheet feature to achieve their goal.
  • A later reply comments on the complexity of new features in Maple, indicating a sense of challenge in keeping up with the software.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express various challenges and solutions regarding the use of Maple for plotting and tabulating Fresnel integrals, with no consensus on a single method being established.

Contextual Notes

Some participants mention specific commands and functions in Maple, but there may be limitations in understanding how these features interact or in the clarity of the documentation available.

Who May Find This Useful

Users of Maple interested in plotting mathematical functions and generating data tables, particularly those working with Fresnel integrals or similar mathematical concepts.

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hello, I am plotting the fresnel integral equations in maple. I was able to plot them, but I also need to tabulate various x and y values of the function between x=-8.5 and x-8.5 in 0.1 increments. Is maple able to do this? I searched for "table" in the help file with no real solution. Can someone give me a hint, or a pointer? Thanks.
 
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anyone know how I might go about doing this?
 
and when I try to evaluate the fresnel equation using maple at individual values of x, for instance x=2, using FresnelC(2) it just spits out "FresnelC(2)".

meh. Maple had no trouble plotting the Fresnel equations though.
 
use evalf(FresnelC(2)) :smile:

For a "table," you can use the seq command

<seq(<<evalf(i/10)>|<evalf(FresnelC(i/10))>>, i=-85..85)>;

will output a 171x2 matrix with columns for x and FresnelC(x) (Maple will, of course, not display the whole matrix without you instructing it to do so!).
 
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I ended up using the maple spreadsheet feature. :) It worked nicely.

Thanks for your input.
 
All of these newfangled features make it hard to keep up! :-p
 

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