parametric functions, plotting contour map

Xiaolu

2012 5 27

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hello everyone,

i have the parametric function for the mobius strip, and i would like to plot the level curves of it.

u=linspace(-1,1);
v=linspace(0,2*pi);
[u,v]=meshgrid(u,v);
x=(3+u.*cos(v/2)).*cos(v);
y=(3+u.*cos(v/2)).*sin(v);
z=u.*sin(v/2);

what i am trying to do now is to find the corresponding x and y values for every z value, and in order to do that i need to find the corresponding u and v pairs that would make that z-value. for example, if i want to plot the level curve z=0, the corresponding uv pairs would be (0, 0), (0, 2pi), (0, pi)...and so on. afterwards, i would use that uv values to compute the xy values, and plot those manually since i can't use the contour function.

right now i'm having trouble finding those uv values. i tried using a for loop:

for z = -1:0.1:1 ...

but it didn't work. does anyone have any ideas as to how to do this? it would be very much appreciated. thanks in advance.