Re: Re: Manipulate (from Wolfram Demonstrations)
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- Subject: [mg76824] Re: Re: [mg76774] Manipulate (from Wolfram Demonstrations)
- From: Bruce Colletti <vze269bv at verizon.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 00:57:36 -0400 (EDT)
Bobby (and others)
Thanks for the explanation. Although I reviewed the original code several times, I missed the forest thru the trees, and didn't see the substitution x -> xi in the original code.
Mine was a dumb question, but that substitution just didn't register.
Problem solved. Moral is to read the whole problem. Sorry for the false alarm.
Bruce
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From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
Date: 2007/05/27 Sun AM 05:28:35 CDT
To: Bruce Colletti <vze269bv at verizon.net>, mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg76824] Re: [mg76774] Manipulate (from Wolfram Demonstrations)
p is not a function; it's an expression. The difference is similar to that
between a function f and a value f[x]. f[x] or f[2] is a result, not the
function itself. If x is undefined, though, f[x] is the RHS or definition
of the function.
Here's a version WITH functions for p and pp.
Clear[p, pp]
Manipulate[Block[{p}, p[x_] = a x^3 + b x^2 + c x;
Block[{pp}, pp[x_] = D[p[x], x];
Plot[{p[x]}, {x, -2, 2}, Ticks -> None, PlotRange -> All,
Epilog -> ({Orange, PointSize[.02], Point[{xi, p[xi]}],
Thickness[.005],
Line[{{-2, p[xi] + pp[xi] (-2 - xi)}, {xi, p[xi]}, {2,
p[xi] + pp[xi] (2 - xi)}}]} /. x -> xi),
PlotRange -> All]]], {{xi, 0, Subscript[x, 0]}, -2,
2}, Delimiter, {{a, -2, "a"}, -2, 2}, {{b, -2, "b"}, -2,
2}, {{c, -2, "c"}, -2, 2}, ControllerLinking -> True]
Notice that xi, second argument to Manipulate, is the value of a slider
(labeled x0). The Epilog is computed in terms of x, but then x -> xi.
Hence the x0 slider affects only the orange tangent line. The a, b, and c
sliders affect the curve AND the tangent line.
Bobby
On Sun, 27 May 2007 03:53:37 -0500, Bruce Colletti <vze269bv at verizon.net>
wrote:
> Re Mathematica 6.0 under WinXP.
>
> The code below (from Wolfram Demonstrations site) plots a tangent at the
> point set by the slider.
>
> Point[{xi,p}] baffles me: Point requires two numbers, but p is a
> function...I don't see how it evaluates to a number AT THIS location in
> the Manipulate statement.
>
> What is the mechanism that makes p evaluate to a number? Is it somehow
> referring to Plot's {x,-2,2} ?
>
> Thankx.
>
> Bruce
>
> Manipulate[
> With[{p = a x^3 + b x^2 + c x, dx = .8},
> With[{pp = D[p, x]},
> Plot[p, {x, -2, 2}, Ticks -> None, PlotRange -> All,
> Epilog -> ({Orange, PointSize[.02], Point[{xi, p}],
> Thickness[.005],
> Line[{{xi - dx, p - dx pp}, {xi + dx, p + dx pp}}]} /.
> x -> xi)]]], {{xi, 0, Subscript[x, 0]}, -2,
> 2}, Delimiter, {{a, -2, "a"}, -2, 2}, {{b, -2, "b"}, -2,
> 2}, {{c, -2, "c"}, -2, 2}, ControllerLinking -> True]
>
>
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