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Re: Piecewise functions

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg8895] Re: [mg8876] Piecewise functions
• From: Eric Maiken <maiken at src.sony.co.jp>
• Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 22:56:48 -0400
• Organization: SONY
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Venkateswara Rao Ayyadevara wrote:

> I would like to know how to represent piecewise linear functions in
> Mathematica.  

Ref:Abell and Braselton's "Mathematica by Example." The key is the "/;"
for definition of different domains.

f[x]:= (definition 1)/; (domain 1)
f[x]:= (definition 2)/; (domain 2)

Specify domains by: # <x<= # for example.

Best,

EM

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