Re: Part 2 of a recent post on Plot and v 5
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- Subject: [mg44392] Re: Part 2 of a recent post on Plot and v 5
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 04:50:38 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi Mariusz, this "feature" *is* a bug -- basta ! You are complete right. Regards Jens Mariusz Jankowski wrote: > > Dear colleagues, I recently posted a question about the apparent change to Plot in version 5. I gather from the responses (thank you) that this new feature seemed natural or even desirable. That surprised me, so let me explain. > > I used > > Plot[UnitStep[x], {x, -1, 5}]; > > and found that Mathematica chose to display the function in the "more interesting" range of -1<=x<=1. > > My opinion is that an EXPLICITLY given range in any of the graphics commands should not be overridden, under any circumstances. Is there anyone who agrees with me? I would love to hear some of the opinions for and against, especially the former, because I can't think of any. > > Finally, if this indeed is a new feature, can anyone explain the algorithm that is used to choose the "interesting" interval and is it used in any other 2D graphic functions, and density or contour plots? > > Thanks, Mariusz