matlib (version 0.6.0)

plotEqn: Plot Linear Equations

Description

Shows what matrices $A, b$ look like as the system of linear equations, $A x = b$ with two unknowns, x1, x2, by plotting a line for each equation.

Usage

plotEqn(A, b, vars, xlim = c(-4, 4), ylim, col = 1:nrow(A), lwd = 2,
  lty = 1, axes = TRUE, labels = TRUE, solution = TRUE)

Arguments

A

either the matrix of coefficients of a system of linear equations, or the matrix cbind(A,b). The A matrix must have two columns.

b

if supplied, the vector of constants on the right hand side of the equations, of length matching the number of rows of A.

vars

a numeric or character vector of names of the variables. If supplied, the length must be equal to the number of unknowns in the equations. The default is paste0("x", 1:ncol(A).

xlim

horizontal axis limits for the first variable

ylim

vertical axis limits for the second variable; if missing, ylim is calculated from the range of the set of equations over the xlim.

col

scalar or vector of colors for the lines, recycled as necessary

lwd

scalar or vector of line widths for the lines, recycled as necessary

lty

scalar or vector of line types for the lines, recycled as necessary

axes

logical; draw horizontal and vertical axes through (0,0)?

labels

logical, or a vector of character labels for the equations; if TRUE, each equation is labeled using the character string resulting from showEqn

solution

logical; should the solution points for pairs of equations be marked?

Value

• nothing; used for the side effect of making a plot

See Also

showEqn

Examples

# consistent equations
A<- matrix(c(1,2,3, -1, 2, 1),3,2)
b <- c(2,1,3)
showEqn(A, b)
plotEqn(A,b)

# inconsistent equations
b <- c(2,1,6)
showEqn(A, b)
plotEqn(A,b)