Re: How to plot discontinuous functions?
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- Subject: [mg90158] Re: [mg90135] How to plot discontinuous functions?
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 06:58:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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Here are two ways for your example -- first, build the function using
Boole (much as one does when working with Laplace transforms); second,
use the Exclusions option:
Plot[1+Boole[x>1],{x,0,3},PlotRange->{{0,2},{0,3}}]
f[x_]:=Piecewise[{{{1,1},x<1}},{2,2}];
Plot[f[x][[1]],{x,0,2},PlotRange->{0,3},Exclusions->1]
f[x_]:=If[x<1,1,2];
Plot[f[x],{x,0,2},PlotRange->{0,3},Exclusions->1]
Aaron Fude wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If a function is defined via If, then when plotted it does not
> acknowledge the discontinuity. E.g.
>
> f[x_] := If[x < 1, 1, 2];
> Plot[f[x], {x, 0, 2}, PlotRange -> {0, 3}]
>
> Defined via Piecewise, it does, but in my experience, not always:
> f[x_] := Piecewise[{{{1, 1}, x < 1}}, {2, 2}];
> Plot[f[x][[1]], {x, 0, 2}, PlotRange -> {0, 3}]
>
> How do I make the Plot function try to acknowledge the discontuity by
> not connecting the left limit and the right limit?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron
>
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