%% Movies of parametrized curves and tangents %% A plane curve - a cusp syms t r = [t^3 t^2] %% % The file *cusptan.mat* was created with the commands syms t r = [t^3 t^2] cusptan =curvetan(r,t,-1,1,-4,4,-3,3) save('cusptan','cusptan') %% % You can view the movie without executing those command by giving the % commands: load('cusptan') mplay(cusptan) %% A space curve - a helix %% % The file *helixtan.mat* was created with the commands syms t helix = [cos(t), sin(t), t] helixtan =curvetan3(helix,t,0,6*pi,-1.5,1.5,-1.5,1.5,0,20,-38,30) save('helixtan','helixtan') %% % You can view it with the commands load('helixtan') mplay(helixtan)