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ScaleFunction

ScaleFunction

is an option for the vector field visualization functions that rescales each vector to a length determined by applying a pure function to the current length of that vector.

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ScaleFunction

As of Version 7.0, ScaleFunction has been superseded by VectorScale.

ScaleFunction

is an option for the vector field visualization functions that rescales each vector to a length determined by applying a pure function to the current length of that vector.

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Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

With no scaling, the vectors have exponential lengths:

Scale the vectors logarithmically:

Wolfram Research (2007), ScaleFunction, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/VectorFieldPlots/ref/ScaleFunction.html.

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Wolfram Research (2007), ScaleFunction, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/VectorFieldPlots/ref/ScaleFunction.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2007. "ScaleFunction." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/VectorFieldPlots/ref/ScaleFunction.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2007). ScaleFunction. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/VectorFieldPlots/ref/ScaleFunction.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_scalefunction, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ScaleFunction}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/VectorFieldPlots/ref/ScaleFunction.html}", note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_scalefunction, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ScaleFunction}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/VectorFieldPlots/ref/ScaleFunction.html}, note=[Accessed: 10-August-2025]}