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Re: why doesn't the range on this interval match the plot range?

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• Subject: [mg66440] Re: [mg66394] why doesn't the range on this interval match the plot range?
• From: Bruce Miller <brucem at wolfram.com>
• Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 02:03:46 -0400 (EDT)
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On May 11, 2006, at 1:15 AM, Chris Chiasson wrote:
> Parabola[x_]=4x^2+53x+160
> BeginPoint=-8;
> EndPoint=-5;
> Plot[Parabola[x],{x,BeginPoint,EndPoint}]
> Parabola[Interval[{BeginPoint,EndPoint}]]
>
> --
> http://chris.chiasson.name/
>


Interval is not set up for multi-level arithmetic, since the
second level treats the Intervals as independent.
For example, in the Trace below note that Interval[{100,256}] is
reversed (-8 end and -5 ends switched) compared with the Interval
for the linear term.  (This is with version 5.2.)

In[4]:=
ibe=Interval[{BeginPoint,EndPoint}]

Out[4]=
Interval[{-8, -5}]

In[5]:=
Parabola[ibe]

Out[5]=
Interval[{-164, 151}]

In[6]:=
Trace[ Parabola[ibe] ]

Out[6]=
{{ibe, Interval[{-8, -5}]}, Parabola[Interval[{-8, -5}]],

                                                     2
   160 + 53 Interval[{-8, -5}] + 4 Interval[{-8, -5}] ,

   {53 Interval[{-8, -5}], Interval[{-424, -265}]},

                       2
   {{Interval[{-8, -5}] , Interval[{25, 64}]},

    4 Interval[{25, 64}], Interval[{100, 256}]},

   160 + Interval[{-424, -265}] + Interval[{100, 256}],

   Interval[{-164, 151}]}

I did not find a simple workaround.  I will ask about clarifying the
documentation on what arithmetic can be done with Interval[list].

Bruce Miller
Technical Support
Wolfram Research, Inc.
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  • why doesn't the range on this interval match the plot range?
    • From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>