RE: machine size real numbers?
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- Subject: [mg35821] RE: [mg35800] machine size real numbers?
- From: "DrBob" <majort at cox-internet.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 02:42:15 -0400 (EDT)
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x isn't a number; it's a function. x[t] is a number. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: Rick Dyer [mailto:rkdyer at cecs.pdx.edu] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg35821] [mg35800] machine size real numbers? In[1]:= x[t_] := 1 + Cos(2000*Pi*t) + Sin(4000*Pi*t) In[2]:= Plot[x, {t, 0, 8000*Pi}] Plot::"plnr": x is not a machine-size real number at t = 0.0010471975511965976 Plot::"plnr": x is not a machine-size real number at t = 1019.5597016296903 Plot::"plnr": x is not a machine-size real number at t = 2131.4776207838036 General::"stop": Further output of Plot :: "plnr" will be suppressed during this calculation I am trying to plot the function x(t) defined above, same thing happens when i try to plot other similar functions always get an error saying that the machine size number is nor real, I have tried to find an answer in this message group, as well as the mathematica help online and built in, if someone knows what is going on please help me. My computer is an AMD 1Gig with 256MG of ram, if that is of consequence. Windows XP pro Any help would be appreciated Thanks Rick