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Re: piecewise definition of a function

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  • Subject: [mg43884] Re: [mg43870] piecewise definition of a function
  • From: "Peter Pein" <petsie at arcor.de>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 03:05:52 -0400 (EDT)
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In[1]:=
g[x_] := UnitStep[x, 1 - x];
Integrate[g[x], {x, -50, 50}]
Out[2]=
1

Peter Pein, Berlin
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Moore" <nmoore at physics.umn.edu>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg43884] [mg43870] piecewise definition of a function


> I'd like to define a function in a piecewise manner.  As of yet I've 
> been unsuccessful with even the simplest example.  Consider the 
> following:
> 
> first define a 1-d bump,
> 
> f[x_] = If[x < 0, 0,If[x > 1, 0, 1]]
>   Mathematica doesn't seem to mind this, as f[0.1] evaluates 1 and 
> f[-23] evaluates 0.
> The problem comes when I try to integrate the function.  The 
> following command which should evaluate to 1 doesn't work AT ALL!
> 
> Integrate[f[x], {x, -50, 50}]
> 
> What is the proper technique here?
> 
> Nathan Moore
> University of Minnesota Physics
> 


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