Questions on the Manipulate function of Mathematica, a function that allows the interactive manipulation of certain parameters in a Mathematica expression.
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Automatically expanding sliders in Manipulate
Is there some way to have all sliders expanded by default in a Manipulator object, i.e. as if I had clicked all "+" signs?
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How do I dynamically change Manipulate controls?
What I'd like to be able to do is dynamically change the axis of a 3D plot inside a manipulate.
For example if I have a function that has three input variables I'd like a 3D plot using 2 of the ...
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Noticeable slowdown in graphical performance when using manipulate
I have been making these mathematica 3D objects that involve a molecule with some sort of surface displayed above them. This is done fairly easily by:
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What changes in Dynamic have occurred from Mathematica 7 to Mathematica 8 that might induce incompatibilities?
I have a function that outputs a Manipulate (say
FAnimated[params_]:= Manipulate[F[params,t], {Time, Animator[t]}]
where F ...
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How to control variables of outer and inner Manipulates?
Consider the following ( working ) snippet:
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How to control the speed in Manipulation
As the title says, I want to control the speed when I use Manipulate. I have the following piece of code
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Manipulate for probability distribution with multiple parameters, kernel smoothing
I'm looking to use the Manipulate command to take a distribution with multiple parameters (e.g., mean and sigma for the normal), generate some variates, then plot ...
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Manipulate not showing anything
This works:
Manipulate[Plot[2*x + 3*y, {x, 3, 4}], {y, 3, 4}]
But this doesn't
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How to programmatically create a Manipulate in another Manipulate?
Background: the following Manipulate works as expected
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Click on a curve to start Manipulating another function
I'm able to plot two lists with a tooltip on the curves to display the name of the curve:
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In a Manipulate[], control timing of Autorun
I've made a gauge like instrument that will get used to prompt someone to maintain rhythmic breathing patterns during heart/brain coherence training.
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Why does the syntax highlighter color a local symbol red inside DynamicModule?
I am adding a Module inside DynamicModule here is an example (thanks to @rm-rf for this simple example)
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How to speed up drawing a tangent plane?
I have this code to produce an interactive visualization of a tangent plane to a function:
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Manipulate and FileNameSetter don't want to play nice together
In a Manipulate, one can specific the type of an individual control like so:
Manipulate[v, {v, Red, ColorSetter}]
I tried to ...
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Change values in equation with slider
I want to make an equation where the values adjust to my slider which I inserted with manipulate.
Well, I tried, but when I use the slider the equation starts to fall apart.
Actually this should ...
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Mathematica's external controllers?
While reading the Manipulate reference I've noticed this line:
What are the available external devices for that?
Some months ago I was thinking on what would be needed to use a MIDI Controller ...
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Plotting heat equation in a Manipulate expression
I have a 2D heat equation $u_t = \alpha (u_{xx} + u_{yy})$ with conditions:
$u(x, y, 0) = 300$,
$u_y(x, 0, t) = \mu_1(x)$,
$u_y(x, 1, t) = \mu_2(x)$,
$u(0, y, t) = \mu_3(y)$,
$u(1, y, t) = ...
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Exporting a Video of a Simulation of Pendulum Motion
In a series of previous questions, I asked how to solve a series of differential equations describing a series of coupled pendulums, and then how to plot this data by coloring the different pendulums. ...
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Embed CDF into an Apple iBook?
Edit
From the comments I received and verifying the information about CDF at wolfram.com, it appears that it is presently impossible to embed CDF into iBooks.
WRI does not appear to be happy with this ...
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How can I use Manipulate[] to click on a Graphics3D output and generate $(x,y)$ outputs on a projection plane parallel to my screen?
Say I have some Graphics3D object that I'm looking at from a top down perspective, e.g.:
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How to link a button to a manipulate play
I am wondering how I can link a button to the play button shown if you expand "Show Animation Control",
So something like,
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Manipulating a catenary in Mathematica
I have a catenary curve in Mathematica, and I wanted to add a variator (dimmer) with Manipulate, so that the user can modify the value of the x/y-coordinate of the ...
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Generate a new output using Manipulate
Thanks to methods found in the below, I was able to assemble those elements :
Tile image on specific location without space between them
How to combine images with the same dimensions in a grid?
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Restricting a plotted expression to reals in a Manipuate
I have an expression from which I'm trying to create a plot that I can manipulate. The expression contains Abs, and I only want to have it evaluated for reals. What ...
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What is the equivalent of TogglerBar that will work with Manipulate? [closed]
I use this code to pass on options to a custom function:
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How can I independently move vector components (in 2D)?
Here's what may well be a simple problem that I have been having difficulty with:
There are two connected vectors, v1 and v2, such that:
v1 begins at the origin and and ends at point a1
v2 begins ...
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Manipulate a Plot that contains a variable that contains symbol
This snippet
mm = m
Manipulate[{mm, Plot[mm x, {x, 0, 1}]}, {m, 0, 1}]
(m is not defined anywhere) produces a sadly fixed ...
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Scoping inside of Module and Manipulate
This is driving me nuts: I'm trying to control the parameters for a relatively large system of ODEs using Manipulate.
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Manipulate - why does the axis scale change when I release the slider?
I was playing around with Manipulate to demonstrate simple geometric idea of conic sections and put this little sample together. When i move the slider it moves my plane, which is what I expect. ...
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How to Dynamically Locate (get coordinates) of a point, inside a Manipulate?
I've been searching all around the "Documentation Center" and other forums and just can't get to solve this issue. I'd like to dynamically locate a point (get it's coordinates) inside a Manipulate. ...
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hyperlink in label
In a FrameLabel for Manipulate, I would like part of the string to be a hyperlink. Is this possible? I have tried various things ...
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Updating a tracked symbol inside Refresh?
I have some code inside a Manipulate, whose goal is to allow the user to edit the upper half of the matrix while keeping it symmetric at all time. The minimal code ...
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How to prevent errors in Manipulate with ListPlot when a result is an empty list?
I am trying to plot two lists, where one is the reference list, and the other is only used to select and highlight the first list. Basically, I want to use the selection list ...
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Dynamically choosing which Manipulate controls to use
I have some stuff I would like to manipulate, using two different kinds of control, one at a time, using another variable as a switch. These controls are similar in principle to
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Manipulate a Differential Equation result
I want to Manipulate the result of Differential Equation like :
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Why is slider not working properly in Manipulate?
This script is an abstraction from a script intended to plot errors in guiding a small telescope that is tracking a guide star. The data loosely imitate the kind of data one might get from the program ...
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Question about making TabView remember what tab to open
Background: Consider the following ( for the purpose of illustrating this question ) simplified, but working snippet of code.
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How to set different labelstyles for controls in manipulate?
Background:
Manipulate[
{jj, kk},
{{jj, 2, "Select j"}, 1, 11},
{{kk, 2, "Select k"}, 1, 11},
LabelStyle -> {Bold, Medium}
]
In the example above ...
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Combining two notebooks
I have a notebook which contain all the variables and defined functions. I want to do two tasks. As an example, I want to find the density and energy which have equations in terms of above mentioned ...
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is it possible to modify BaseStyle of Manipulate dynamically?
I can't decide what is a best color for the background for a Manipulate I am writing.
So, I thought since this is Manipulate, why not make this part configurable as well, so one can change the RGB ...
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Plotting a dot product
From a conic equation obtained from a dot product, I want to plot its 2D graph, while being able to manipulate the variable.
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Manipulating an arbitrary-precision ContourPlot
I have a function, say
minimizeme[ω_][β_][ϵ_] = ϵ^2 ω-Log[2 (Cosh[2 β]+Cosh[2 β ϵ])]/(2 β);
I want to make a high-precision dynamic ...
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Help generating dynamic manipulators?
I would like to generate dynamic Manipulators for each of the selected buttons in a ToggleBar.
How can I keep the state of each Manipulator in a variable?
I would like to later access the values of ...
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How to relate setter buttons with equations
I want to relate or connect a setter bar with a set of equations to graph them.
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How can I control the behavior of a Manipulate with check boxes and radio buttons?
I've been stuck for a long time on this problem, and I really would appreciate if somebody helps me move in the right direction.
I have two functions and each can take one of two forms. I am ...
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Cournot Equilibrium
I'm trying to determine reaction functions of a Cournot equilibrium for $n$ firms using the same optimal condition, using the fixed point method.
This is the method I'm using:
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Why is LogLogPlot[] slower than Plot[]?
I notice that LogLogPlot runs quite bit more slowly than ordinary Plot. For example, consider the following two blocks of code ...
