Summary: Which[] as Textbook Input, Plot[] Questions
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- Subject: [mg54037] Summary: Which[] as Textbook Input, Plot[] Questions
- From: "Matt" <anonmous69 at netscape.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 05:31:22 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello, I apologize if the answer to this is somewhere glaringly obvious in the documentation, however, after at least 4 hours pawing through both the hardcover Mathematica 4.0 book by Wolfram and the in-program Mathematica 4.1 documentation, I cannot find how I would annotate a function that takes on different values based upon different domains. To wit, something like: Clear[f]; f[x_] := Which[x < 0, Sin[x]/x, x == 0, 1, x > 0, Sin[x]/x]; Plot[f[x], {x, -pi, pi}, AxesLabel -> {"x", "f[x]"}; The 'Which' function is great for actually evaluating something, but I was looking for something along the lines of traditional mathematical notation (such as one would write on a chalkboard or on a sheet of paper), where a large left-bracket would be used and the various definitions of the function for the various ranges would be 'constrained' by the bracket. I'll try to illustrate what I mean, where the '|'s that I will use should be interpreted as a single, large left-bracket: | Sin(x)/x, x < 0 f(x) = | 1, x = 0 | Sin(x)/x, x > 0 Is there a way to do what I'm asking in Mathematica 4.1 (or even above)? As regards the Plot[] function, I'm puzzled as to why the following doesn't give me an error when evaluated: Clear[g]; g[x_] := 1/x; Plot[g[x], {x, -5, 5}]; It seems as though it should, considering that x at zero is undefined. However, Mathematica draws the graph as though the function were just fine. Thanks for any light you can shed on this, Matt
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