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Re: Plot of x=y^2

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  • Subject: [mg45067] Re: Plot of x=y^2
  • From: Alois Steindl <Alois.Steindl at tuwien.ac.at>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 07:48:12 -0500 (EST)
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Ruben Garcia <rubgb at yahoo.com> writes:

> Hello everybody,
> I'm just a beginner with Mathematica and I'd like to
> know if it's possible to plot the parabola x=y^2 in
> the range -10 to 10. I'm trying using y=Sqrt[x] but
> that doesn't work for negative x.
> Many thanks in advance,
> Ruben
> 
Hello,
I would bet that you are a little bit confused. Should x really be in the
range [-10, 10]? Do you know something about complex numbers?
Maybe you try to do the graphic by hand first and think about it.
Alois


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