Re: Piecewise functions
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- Subject: [mg51576] Re: Piecewise functions
- From: Helen Read <read at math.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:22:12 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: EM Computer Facility, The University of Vermont
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Luca wrote: > Hi all. I'm studying for the exam of signals and systems and I was > trying to plot some kind of functions I transformed for exercise. So, I > need to plot piecewise functions like: > > y(x) = x if x > 3 > y(x) = -x if -1 < x < 3 > y(x) = 1 else > > (should have been a system). > I found out in the guide the chapter about this, and I learned that it > is possible with the function UnitStep, which I know. Anyway, I found > it difficult to determine the equation of the function using this > method. Is it possible to do it simply writing everything like I did > before, more or less? i.e. without having to determine the equation > with the UnitStep function. y[x_] = Which[x > 3, x, -1 < x < 3, -x, x == 3 || x <= -1, 1] -- Helen Read University of Vermont