Re: Asymptote mystery...
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- Subject: [mg38846] Re: Asymptote mystery...
- From: Hendrik van Hees <hees at physik.uni-bielefeld.de>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 03:18:41 -0500 (EST)
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Mike Summers wrote: > It seems to me that this: > > f[x] = (x + 2)/(Abs[x] - 2) > > > should show asymptotes at 2 & -2. Why should it have an asymptote at -2? Your function can be written as f[x_]=If[x>0,(x+2)/(x-2),-1] So it's constant along the negative real axis. -- Hendrik van Hees Fakultät für Physik Phone: +49 521/106-6221 Universität Bielefeld Fax: +49 521/106-2961 Universitätsstraße 25 http://theory.gsi.de/~vanhees/ D-33615 Bielefeld