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Question: Correctly Plotting a Complex Valued Function

Question:Correctly Plotting a Complex Valued Function

JoshuaLeiter 20 Maple 2016
complex plot3d plotting
June 27 2018
1

Hello!

I am currently trying to plot the function: sqrt(x^2+y^2-c), where x & y are variables in cartesian coordinates, and c is an arbitrary real constant. I came across a jagged edged plot when I asked maple to plot:

sqrt(x^2+y^2-c)       *** Code below ***

Explore(plot3d([sqrt(x^2+y^2-c),-sqrt(x^2+y^2-c)],x=-2..2,y=-2..2,numpoints=10000),c=-1..1)

So I entered in the "Re" command to take the real part:

Explore(plot3d([Re(sqrt(x^2+y^2-c)),Re(-sqrt(x^2+y^2-c))],x=-2..2,y=-2..2,numpoints=10000),c=-1..1)

This smoothed the plot out at the ring x^2+y^2=1, but however also added what looks like a solid disc as well. Is there a way I can plot the function correctly without this disc in the middle?

Thanks!
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