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Background: I have a function that outputs complex values. I only care about input from the unit circle in the complex plane: (r,t) with r = |z| = 1 and t = arg z in [0,1] (or [0,2*pi] if you prefer). I could just make a 3D plot with input the single real variable t and output x = Re f(t), y = Im f(t), except that the function I want to plot is f^n(t) - a self-composition, where I want to investigate what happens as n -> infinity. So this would require re-writing my original function f(t) as a function f(x,y) even though it's actually a polar function f(r,t) with r=1. Which I could do... but this work-around is now starting to feel really clunky.
Q1: Is there a better way?
Q2: Alternatively, is there an easy (less clunky that my alternative work-around) way to superimpose a (black or white) unit circle on top of my complex_plot of f^n?
Thanks!