Re: plot bug
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg16702] Re: [mg16656] plot bug
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 22:33:34 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In a message dated 3/19/99 10:40:54 PM, arnoldk at gauss.cam.wits.ac.za writes:
>Using Mathematica 3.0 on a Mac and on a PC, the following command
>
>Plot[Cos[Degree Tan[Degree Sin[x]]],{x,0,2 Pi}]
>
>produced a graph whose y axis labels were ALL 1.
>Any explanation?
>
Arnold,
Plot[Cos[Degree Tan[Degree Sin[x]]],{x,0,2 Pi}] ;
Table[N[Cos[Degree*Tan[Degree*Sin[x]]], 20],
{x, 0, 2Pi, Pi/20}]
You are looking at very low amplitude ripple and the y axes labels all have
the value of 1 to within the precision of the labels.
Bob Hanlon