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Re: plotting discontinuity

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  • Subject: [mg17510] Re: plotting discontinuity
  • From: "Stephen P Luttrell" <luttrell at signal.dra.hmg.gb>
  • Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:53:16 -0400
  • Organization: Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
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<mrazek_martin at my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
news:7h5sh1$h75 at smc.vnet.net...
> Can somebody advise me how to plot discontinuity in Mathematica 3.0 ?
> For example: When I type
>
> Plot[1/(x-2),{x,0,4}]
>
> Mathematica plots asymptote (x=2) in the point where the graph has
> discontinuity. I'm in bad need of elimination of this asymptote but I
> haven't invented how. For example in other systems it is possible
> to write discontinuity=true and the program plots it in this way. Which
> option is it in Mathematica ?

You could try the following (it's a bit of a hack, but it works):

gr1=Plot[1/(x-2),{x,0,1.99},DisplayFunction->Identity];
gr2=Plot[1/(x-2),{x,2.01,4},DisplayFunction->Identity];
Show[{gr1,gr2},DisplayFunction->$DisplayFunction];


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Stephen P Luttrell
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
luttrell at signal.dera.gov.uk




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