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Re: How to find the Max of a Piecewise function

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  • Subject: [mg90441] Re: How to find the Max of a Piecewise function
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:55:47 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Uni Leipzig
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  • Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de

Hi,

f[x_?NumericQ] := Piecewise[{{1, x < 1}, {2, x > 1}}]
f[x_List] := f /@ x

or the attribute Listable for f[] may help.

Regards
   Jens

Aaron Fude 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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