How to plot sphere in sphere coordinates?

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I'm just trying to plot known sphere coordinates:
function sphere(r)
phi = linspace(0,2*pi);
theta = linspace(0,pi);
x = r*cos(phi).*sin(theta);
y = r*sin(phi).*sin(theta);
z = r*cos(theta);
plot3(x,y,z)
end
However this isn't doing the trick. What have I mathematically confounded?

Accepted Answer

J. Alex Lee
J. Alex Lee on 19 Oct 2020
Your problem is not with conversion or plotting, but defining the coordinates that you want...
[phi,theta] = meshgrid(linspace(0,2*pi),linspace(0,pi));
Also if you didn't know:
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Niklas Kurz
Niklas Kurz on 21 Oct 2020
yea, but I wanted to go through the rough way ;)
You could have said additionally that I need to swap plot3(x,y,z) with mesh(x,y,z), but all in all you've been nudging me in the right direction. Thx
J. Alex Lee
J. Alex Lee on 21 Oct 2020
sure thing. if you decide you don't want the rough way and you haven't seen it, check
[X,Y,Z] = r*sphere(n)
mesh(X,Y,Z)
% surf(X,Y,Z) % filled in faces
Also check out

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Bruno Luong
Bruno Luong on 21 Oct 2020
function sphere(r)
phi = linspace(0,2*pi);
theta = linspace(0,pi).'; % first change
x = r*cos(phi).*sin(theta);
y = r*sin(phi).*sin(theta);
z = r*cos(theta)+0*phi; % second change, make z same-size 2d array as x and y
plot3(x,y,z);
end
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Niklas Kurz
Niklas Kurz on 21 Oct 2020
What a hoot! Just one thing: what does
.'
stand for?

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