Re: Three piece function
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- Subject: [mg60221] Re: [mg60197] Three piece function
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 04:52:58 -0400 (EDT)
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Use Piecewise
f[x_] := Piecewise[{
{g1[x], x < a},
{(g2[b] - g1[a])(x - a)/(b - a) + g1[a], a <= x <= b},
{g2[x], b < x}}];
Bob Hanlon
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> From: "Steven Jonak" <JonakSt at gw.kirkwood.k12.mo.us>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Date: 2005/09/07 Wed AM 04:03:55 EDT
> Subject: [mg60221] [mg60197] Three piece function
>
> I'm a little new to using Mathematica for creating handouts/quizzes and
> tests so please bear with me! I'm using Mathematica to write a test and
> I can't seem to get a decent looking three-piece function. For two
> pieces, the typesetting palette works fine. I used Show Expression to
> see how they got the curly bracket on the left side but when I tried to
> change it to three pieces with a curly bracket on the left side (a one
> row, three column matrix with the bracket) the size of the bracket
> doesn't change--and looks bad.
> Any suggestions?
>
> S Jonak
> "Maintain an even strain."
>
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