plotConservative.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

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# Authors: Caleb Voss, Wilson Beebe


import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
from pylab import *
from matplotlib import cm

def potential(x, y):
    return 1 + np.sin(x) * np.sin(y)

def potentialSurface():
    X = np.arange(-8, 8, 0.25)
    Y = np.arange(-8, 8, 0.25)
    X, Y = np.meshgrid(X, Y)
    Z = potential(X, Y)
    return X, Y, Z

fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection='3d', aspect='equal')
X, Y, Z = potentialSurface()
ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1, cmap=cm.coolwarm, linewidth=0)

x = np.loadtxt("vfrrt-conservative.path")
ax.plot(x[:,0], x[:,1], potential(x[:,0], x[:,1]), color='b')

x = np.loadtxt("trrt-conservative.path")
ax.plot(x[:,0], x[:,1], potential(x[:,0], x[:,1]), color='r')

x = np.loadtxt("rrtstar-conservative.path")
ax.plot(x[:,0], x[:,1], potential(x[:,0], x[:,1]), color='g')

plt.show()