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Re: Problem plotting a piecewise function

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  • Subject: [mg14519] Re: Problem plotting a piecewise function
  • From: buttgereit at netcologne.de (Peter Buttgereit)
  • Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:33:16 -0500
  • Organization: Dipl.-Sportl. Peter Buttgereit
  • References: <70ras4$sge@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

[This followup was posted to comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica and a copy 
was sent to the cited author.]

Hi Sergio,
it is because Mathematica by default tries to select a region of most 
interest in a plot.
Evaluate this to see that your function works properly:

Plot[
  Evaluate[f[x]], 
  {x,Xa,Xb},
  PlotRange->All, (*this turns off the mentioned default*)
  Frame->{True,True,False,False},
  Axes->False
  (*the Axes and Frame statements make it easier to see that f=0 for 
    x>1.5*)
]


For more details about this feature see Tom Wickham-Jones' "Mathematica 
Graphics", Telos, 1994.
Cheers,
Peter


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