Re: Dumb question
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- Subject: [mg27800] Re: Dumb question
- From: Yossi Lonke <jrl16 at po.cwru.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 04:37:57 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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> From: Gustavo Seabra <gseabra at swbell.net> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Organization: Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc. > Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica > Date: 14 Mar 2001 04:45:22 -0500 > Subject: [mg27800] Dumb question > > Hello. I know this may be a dumb question, and I apologize for doing that. > But I am new to Mathematica, and I'm having a little trouble with this. I > want to plot the equation: > > P=[sin(a-x)*t/(a-x)]^2 > > with fixed t (say, 1) and fixed a (say, Pi/2), with x varying from 0 to Pi. > I know there is a discontinuity at x=a. Is there a way to plot this? I mean, > P(x) versus x? > > Thanks, > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student > Chemistry Department > Kansas State University > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Actually the discontinuity is removable, (the limit is of course 1). Mathematica knows this and will plot this function like any other function. As a graduate student, you should try out things for yourself, lest you will never learn anything. Yossi Lonke