Re: Interesting problem looking for a solution.
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- Subject: [mg122070] Re: Interesting problem looking for a solution.
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:42:29 -0400 (EDT)
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You would need to encode the file containing the definition of f with Encode and have it loaded at the beginning of a session with Get. Andrzej Kozlowski On 11 Oct 2011, at 10:22, Murray Eisenberg wrote: > I don't understand why that proposed solution would be satisfactory: the > cell defining f is still there! > > On 10/10/11 4:25 AM, Oleksandr Rasputinov wrote: >> On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:55:27 +0100, Church, Gary<churchg at smccd.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have an (I think) interesting problem for you Mathematica gurus. >>> >>> I'm trying to create a worksheet for my students and want to be able to >>> display the plot of a randomly generated function f[x], without them >>> being able to access the expression which defines f; In other words, I >>> don't want them to be able to evaluate f[x]. >>> >>> The idea is that each student will get a different function f[x] and >>> will see a different graph and they have to determine the expression >>> which defines f. They then have to plot the function they think is f >>> against the actual function f[x] and turn in the two plots (or the one >>> plot with the two graphs.) >>> >>> Is this possible? >>> >>> Thanks much, >>> Gary >>> >> >> Much easier than you probably think: >> >> In[1] := >> f[x_?NumericQ] := Sin[7 x] + Cos[3 x]; >> SetAttributes[f, {ReadProtected, Locked}]; >> >> In[3] := >> Plot[f[x], {x, -Pi, Pi}] >> >> Out[3] = >> < Plots normally> >> >> In[4] := >> ??f >> >> Prints: Global`f >> Attributes[f] = {Locked,ReadProtected} >> >> In[5] := >> f[x] >> >> Out[5] >> f[x] >> >> The key elements here are the restriction to numeric values of the >> parameter and the ReadProtected and Locked attributes. >> > > -- > Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu > Mathematics & Statistics Dept. > Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) > University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) > 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 > Amherst, MA 01003-9305 >
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- Re: Interesting problem looking for a solution.
- From: "Oleksandr Rasputinov" <oleksandr_rasputinov@hmamail.com>
- Re: Interesting problem looking for a solution.
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>
- Re: Interesting problem looking for a solution.