Re: plot bug
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg16699] Re: [mg16656] plot bug
- From: me at talmanl1.mscd.edu
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 02:23:32 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Arnold Knopfmacher wrote:
> 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?
The function you are plotting varies between a maximum value of
1 (exactly) and a minimum value of about 0.9999999536. Mathematica's
axis labels aren't capable of displaying the significant digits in the
latter, and so it rounds.
--Lou Talman