Re: Manipulate Plot command - blank plot
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- Subject: [mg105944] Re: [mg105927] Manipulate Plot command - blank plot
- From: George Woodrow III <georgevw3 at mac.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:25:42 -0500 (EST)
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You need to put a space (indicating multiplication) between the n and the x in your example. As written, Mathematica thinks that you mean a variable nx, not n times x, and so it does not know what to do.
if you don't like the implied multiplication, you can use '*'.
george
On Dec 26, 2009, at 7:07 PM, Dean wrote:
> Hi, I am very new to Mathematica. I have the following problem -
> following the tutorial I type in:
>
> Manipulate[Plot[Sin[nx], {x, 0, 2 Pi}], {n, 1, 10}]
>
> and I get a blank plot - the axes show, so is the slider but no plot.
>
> On the other hand (also following the tutorial):
>
> Manipulate[Expand[(1 + x)^n], {n, 0, 100, 1}]
>
> works as it should.
>
> Could you please explain what is happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Dean
>
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- Manipulate Plot command - blank plot
- From: Dean <schonfeld.dean@gmail.com>
- Manipulate Plot command - blank plot