%make a tabulated angle_harmonic potential howmany=1000 k=10 phi0=3*pi/4 phi=0:pi/howmany:pi'; V=0.5*k*(phi-phi0).^2; F=k*(phi0-phi); plot(phi,V,phi,F) data(:,1)=phi; data(:,2)=F; data(:,3)=V;