Re: Determine the "value range" of a function
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- Subject: [mg27176] Re: Determine the "value range" of a function
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 03:10:22 -0500 (EST)
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Dirk,
Interval[ ] for combinations of common functions will give an aanswer that
will contain the range.
Sin[Interval[{-Infinity, Infinity}]]
Interval[{-1, 1}]
Another possibilities:
Table[Sin[x],{x, 0, 10, .01}];
{Min[%], Max[%]}
{-0.999997, 1.}
Cases[Plot[Sin[x],{x, 0, 10}, DisplayFunction\[Rule]Identity],
Line[pts_]\[RuleDelayed]Sequence[ Max[pts], Min[pts]], Infinity]
{10., -0.99998}
But clearly problems arise if the values do not make up an interval; and
there would need to be checking for open intervals.
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Allan
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"Dirk Heidenreich" <Heidenreich at helimail.de> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> maybe its trivial but how can i determine the "value range" of a function?
> like f(x)=Sin(x) -> Range =-1..1
>
> Dirk Heidenreich
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