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This article from The Guardian discusses Isaac Newton's investigation of the properties of the curve $x^3 – abx + a^3 – cy^2 = 0$, where $a, b$ and $c$ are constants. The image above is the curve of this equation when $a = 1, c = 4$ and $b$ ranges from –8 to 8.



The image seemsextremely aesthetic to me , almost artistic work. I'd have image on the wall like a poster, but with



ContourPlot[
 Evaluate@Table[x^3 + b x == 4 y^2, b, -8, 8, 1], x, -5, 5, y, -5, 5, 
 Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, ContourStyle -> Black, PlotPoints -> 20]


I can not reproduce that image. The result is a bit different. Can someone please explain what is wrong with my code?






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    Well, you seem to have done your substitutions incorrectly. The correct equation you should plot is x^3 - b x - 4 y^2 + 1 == 0. You are missing a constant, and the b x term seems to have the wrong sign. If you change the equation to the one I showed, the plots is much more similar to the one in the link. You might also want to restrict the range of x to e.g. x, -5, 3.5.
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This article from The Guardian discusses Isaac Newton's investigation of the properties of the curve $x^3 – abx + a^3 – cy^2 = 0$, where $a, b$ and $c$ are constants. The image above is the curve of this equation when $a = 1, c = 4$ and $b$ ranges from –8 to 8.



The image seemsextremely aesthetic to me , almost artistic work. I'd have image on the wall like a poster, but with



ContourPlot[
 Evaluate@Table[x^3 + b x == 4 y^2, b, -8, 8, 1], x, -5, 5, y, -5, 5, 
 Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, ContourStyle -> Black, PlotPoints -> 20]


I can not reproduce that image. The result is a bit different. Can someone please explain what is wrong with my code?






plotting







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    Well, you seem to have done your substitutions incorrectly. The correct equation you should plot is x^3 - b x - 4 y^2 + 1 == 0. You are missing a constant, and the b x term seems to have the wrong sign. If you change the equation to the one I showed, the plots is much more similar to the one in the link. You might also want to restrict the range of x to e.g. x, -5, 3.5.
    – MarcoB
    10 hours ago











  • I'm sorry, I do not know how I managed to make such a ridiculous mistake.
    – Darko G
    9 hours ago












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This article from The Guardian discusses Isaac Newton's investigation of the properties of the curve $x^3 – abx + a^3 – cy^2 = 0$, where $a, b$ and $c$ are constants. The image above is the curve of this equation when $a = 1, c = 4$ and $b$ ranges from –8 to 8.



The image seemsextremely aesthetic to me , almost artistic work. I'd have image on the wall like a poster, but with



ContourPlot[
 Evaluate@Table[x^3 + b x == 4 y^2, b, -8, 8, 1], x, -5, 5, y, -5, 5, 
 Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, ContourStyle -> Black, PlotPoints -> 20]


I can not reproduce that image. The result is a bit different. Can someone please explain what is wrong with my code?






plotting







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This article from The Guardian discusses Isaac Newton's investigation of the properties of the curve $x^3 – abx + a^3 – cy^2 = 0$, where $a, b$ and $c$ are constants. The image above is the curve of this equation when $a = 1, c = 4$ and $b$ ranges from –8 to 8.



The image seemsextremely aesthetic to me , almost artistic work. I'd have image on the wall like a poster, but with



ContourPlot[
 Evaluate@Table[x^3 + b x == 4 y^2, b, -8, 8, 1], x, -5, 5, y, -5, 5, 
 Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, ContourStyle -> Black, PlotPoints -> 20]


I can not reproduce that image. The result is a bit different. Can someone please explain what is wrong with my code?






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  • 2




    Well, you seem to have done your substitutions incorrectly. The correct equation you should plot is x^3 - b x - 4 y^2 + 1 == 0. You are missing a constant, and the b x term seems to have the wrong sign. If you change the equation to the one I showed, the plots is much more similar to the one in the link. You might also want to restrict the range of x to e.g. x, -5, 3.5.
    – MarcoB
    10 hours ago











  • I'm sorry, I do not know how I managed to make such a ridiculous mistake.
    – Darko G
    9 hours ago












  • 2




    Well, you seem to have done your substitutions incorrectly. The correct equation you should plot is x^3 - b x - 4 y^2 + 1 == 0. You are missing a constant, and the b x term seems to have the wrong sign. If you change the equation to the one I showed, the plots is much more similar to the one in the link. You might also want to restrict the range of x to e.g. x, -5, 3.5.
    – MarcoB
    10 hours ago











  • I'm sorry, I do not know how I managed to make such a ridiculous mistake.
    – Darko G
    9 hours ago







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Well, you seem to have done your substitutions incorrectly. The correct equation you should plot is x^3 - b x - 4 y^2 + 1 == 0. You are missing a constant, and the b x term seems to have the wrong sign. If you change the equation to the one I showed, the plots is much more similar to the one in the link. You might also want to restrict the range of x to e.g. x, -5, 3.5.
– MarcoB
10 hours ago





Well, you seem to have done your substitutions incorrectly. The correct equation you should plot is x^3 - b x - 4 y^2 + 1 == 0. You are missing a constant, and the b x term seems to have the wrong sign. If you change the equation to the one I showed, the plots is much more similar to the one in the link. You might also want to restrict the range of x to e.g. x, -5, 3.5.
– MarcoB
10 hours ago













I'm sorry, I do not know how I managed to make such a ridiculous mistake.
– Darko G
9 hours ago




I'm sorry, I do not know how I managed to make such a ridiculous mistake.
– Darko G
9 hours ago










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You are plotting wrong equation, See this. 



a = 1; c = 4;
ContourPlot[
Evaluate@Table[x^3 - a*b *x + a^3 - c*y^2 == 0, b, -8, 8, 0.5], x, -3., 
3., y, -3.5, 3.5, Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, 
ContourStyle -> Directive[Thickness[0.0015],PlotPoints -> 20]


I have changed the step size of $b$ and plot range of axis to mimic with the figure in that link.



It plots as:
enter image description here






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    You can maintain sharpness while increasing the number of steps (b, -8, 8, 1/2) by using ContourStyle -> Directive[Thin, Black]
    – Bob Hanlon
    9 hours ago










  • @BobHanlon, Modified, Thank you
    – Sachin Kumar
    8 hours ago










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You are plotting wrong equation, See this. 



a = 1; c = 4;
ContourPlot[
Evaluate@Table[x^3 - a*b *x + a^3 - c*y^2 == 0, b, -8, 8, 0.5], x, -3., 
3., y, -3.5, 3.5, Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, 
ContourStyle -> Directive[Thickness[0.0015],PlotPoints -> 20]


I have changed the step size of $b$ and plot range of axis to mimic with the figure in that link.



It plots as:
enter image description here






share|improve this answer


















  • 1




    You can maintain sharpness while increasing the number of steps (b, -8, 8, 1/2) by using ContourStyle -> Directive[Thin, Black]
    – Bob Hanlon
    9 hours ago










  • @BobHanlon, Modified, Thank you
    – Sachin Kumar
    8 hours ago














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You are plotting wrong equation, See this. 



a = 1; c = 4;
ContourPlot[
Evaluate@Table[x^3 - a*b *x + a^3 - c*y^2 == 0, b, -8, 8, 0.5], x, -3., 
3., y, -3.5, 3.5, Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, 
ContourStyle -> Directive[Thickness[0.0015],PlotPoints -> 20]


I have changed the step size of $b$ and plot range of axis to mimic with the figure in that link.



It plots as:
enter image description here






share|improve this answer


















  • 1




    You can maintain sharpness while increasing the number of steps (b, -8, 8, 1/2) by using ContourStyle -> Directive[Thin, Black]
    – Bob Hanlon
    9 hours ago










  • @BobHanlon, Modified, Thank you
    – Sachin Kumar
    8 hours ago












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You are plotting wrong equation, See this. 



a = 1; c = 4;
ContourPlot[
Evaluate@Table[x^3 - a*b *x + a^3 - c*y^2 == 0, b, -8, 8, 0.5], x, -3., 
3., y, -3.5, 3.5, Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, 
ContourStyle -> Directive[Thickness[0.0015],PlotPoints -> 20]


I have changed the step size of $b$ and plot range of axis to mimic with the figure in that link.



It plots as:
enter image description here






share|improve this answer














You are plotting wrong equation, See this. 



a = 1; c = 4;
ContourPlot[
Evaluate@Table[x^3 - a*b *x + a^3 - c*y^2 == 0, b, -8, 8, 0.5], x, -3., 
3., y, -3.5, 3.5, Frame -> None, ImageSize -> 600, 
ContourStyle -> Directive[Thickness[0.0015],PlotPoints -> 20]


I have changed the step size of $b$ and plot range of axis to mimic with the figure in that link.



It plots as:
enter image description here







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    You can maintain sharpness while increasing the number of steps (b, -8, 8, 1/2) by using ContourStyle -> Directive[Thin, Black]
    – Bob Hanlon
    9 hours ago










  • @BobHanlon, Modified, Thank you
    – Sachin Kumar
    8 hours ago












  • 1




    You can maintain sharpness while increasing the number of steps (b, -8, 8, 1/2) by using ContourStyle -> Directive[Thin, Black]
    – Bob Hanlon
    9 hours ago










  • @BobHanlon, Modified, Thank you
    – Sachin Kumar
    8 hours ago







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You can maintain sharpness while increasing the number of steps (b, -8, 8, 1/2) by using ContourStyle -> Directive[Thin, Black]
– Bob Hanlon
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You can maintain sharpness while increasing the number of steps (b, -8, 8, 1/2) by using ContourStyle -> Directive[Thin, Black]
– Bob Hanlon
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@BobHanlon, Modified, Thank you
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@BobHanlon, Modified, Thank you
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