Example 5.1 (The coupler curve of a planar four-bar linkage)

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Software
The computations described below were performed using Bertini version 1.4 and Matlab version R2012b in a 64-bit Linux environment. The instructions below assume that the user already has these or similar versions installed. Note that the Bertini commands are written here to run in serial, but it would be advisable to run these commands in parallel if the computing environment is set up for it (e.g. mpirun bertini input instead of bertini input).
Directions
  • Download Example5_1.zip and extract the files in an empty directory.
  • At the command line, run:
    bertini input.system
  • At the command line, run:
    bertini input.sample
    When prompted, answer with:
    1, 0, 10000, 0, sample_points
  • In Matlab, run:
    testacm
    Press enter at the 3 prompts to accept default values.


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