Re: piecewise and if
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- Subject: [mg128630] Re: piecewise and if
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:28:08 -0500 (EST)
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Or perhaps more straightforwardly, set exclusions to none:
Plot3D[g[x, y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, Exclusions -> None]
Bob Hanlon
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can use ExclusionsStyle
>
> f[x_, y_] := Exp[-1/(x^2 + y^2)];
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> g[x_, y_] := Piecewise[{{0, x == 0 && y == 0}}, f[x, y]];
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> Plot3D[g[x, y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1},
> ExclusionsStyle -> Lighter[Gray, .5]]
>
>
> Bob Hanlon
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> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Jon Joseph <josco.jon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think these two functions should be the same but their plots show a clear difference:
>>
>> f[x_, y_] := Exp[-1/(x^2 + y^2)] (* this function undefined at (0,0) *)
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>> g[x_, y_] := Piecewise[{{0, x == 0 && y == 0}}, f[x, y]] (* Redefine so the hole is plugged *)
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>> h[x_, y_] := If[x == 0 && y == 0, 0, f[x, y]] (* Another, I think, equivalent way to redefine f[x, y] *)
>>
>> On my machine, "8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (October 5, 2011)"
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>> when I
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>> Plot3D[g[x, y], {x, -1,1}, {y, -1,1}]
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>> Plot3D[h[x, y], {x, -1,1}, {y, -1,1}]
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>> I see clear gaps along y=0 and x=0 for the g[x, y] plot and h[x, y] works properly. Am I misusing Piecewise?
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>> Thanks, Jon.
>>
>>
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