Re: visualizing a maximum in the intersection between
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- From: leigh pascoe <leigh at evry.inserm.fr>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:30:51 -0400 (EDT)
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Le 08/06/2013 08:34, dusko.cakara at gmail.com a =C3=A9crit :
> Hello,
> can somebody please help:
> I want to visualize that for x+y=1, maximum x*y occurs when y=0.5 and x=0.5.
>
> Graphically, this can be visualized as the maximum of the projection curve of the x+y=1 line in the x-y plane, at the x*y surface. Equivalently, we can look for the maximum in the intersection curve between the surface x*y and the surface peripendicular to the x-y plane with the base x+y==1.
>
> Can I plot this in a simple manner?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Dusko
>
>
Here is one easy way.
Plot[x*(1 - x), {x, 0, 1}]
This gives a plot of all the points x*y satisfying the condition x+y=1
(or y=(x-1)). The maximum of .25 occurs when x=y=1-x
Leigh
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- visualizing a maximum in the intersection between two surfaces
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- visualizing a maximum in the intersection between two surfaces