Re: Division by zero, despite strong hint
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- Subject: [mg96735] Re: Division by zero, despite strong hint
- From: dch888 <dch888 at googlemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:02:22 -0500 (EST)
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On Feb 16, 9:42 pm, Pillsy <pillsb... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 16, 6:55 am,dch888<dch... at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to plot the Sin[1/x] curve with the curve being defined as
> > 0 at 0 like this:
> > g3[x_] := Piecewise[{{Sin[1/x], x != 0} {0, x == 0}}]
> > Hmmm... what's the trick here to stop Mathematica evaluating all the
> > branches of the piecewise fn?
>
> You're missing a comma between the two clauses.
>
> Cheers,
> Pillsy
A big THANK YOU to everyone that spotted my 'schoolboy' error ;-) I'm
old enough to avoid this kind of thing! Or perhaps it's an early
onset of senility ;-)