Re: problems plotting a derivative
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- Subject: [mg54617] Re: problems plotting a derivative
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 03:21:20 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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Hi, ParametricPlot[Evaluate[{D[f[x], x], x^2}], {x, 0, 1}] Regards Jens "J. K. Smith" <rob at pi-overe.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:cvc80j$qqu$1 at smc.vnet.net... > I've tried a lot of ways but nothing has worked so far. > The following statements are my problem simplified: > > f[x_] := 2x^3; > ParametricPlot[{D[f[x], x], x^2}, {x, 0, 1}] > > When I run this I get error messages griping about numbers not being > valid variables but it doesn't end up plotting anything. In this example > I should see a straight line. > > I've tried using Evaluate[ D[f[x],x] ] and lots of other schemes which > seemed to work in the past but I can't get ParametricPlot to digest any > of them. Something about the result of that derivative doesn't yield > something that can be plotted. But I don't know what property it is. > > Would you kind Mathematica gurus please get me thru this one (too)? > > Thanks. > > remove the dash if emailing >