Re: How to find the Max of a Piecewise function
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- Subject: [mg90435] Re: [mg90411] How to find the Max of a Piecewise function
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at att.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:54:33 -0400 (EDT)
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- Reply-to: drmajorbob at longhorns.com
"Max[f[Range[0, 1, .001]]]
does not yield the desired result."
You haven't told us what the desired result IS, but I'm sure you're right.
Here's one possibility:
f[x_] = Piecewise[{{1, x < 1}, {2, x > 1}}];
Max[f /@ Range[0, 1, .001]]
1
Note that we have
f[1]
0
since 1 is neither < 1 nor > 1.
Bobby
On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:48:46 -0500, Aaron Fude <aaronfude at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If f is deined according to
>
> f[x_] := Piecewise[{{1, x < 1}, {2, x > 1}}]
>
> then
>
> Max[f[Range[0, 1, .001]]]
>
> does not yield the desired result. What's the proper way to approach
> this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Aaron
>
>
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