Re: PlotPoints Question
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg13478] Re: [mg13455] PlotPoints Question
- From: "Jurgen Tischer" <jtischer at col2.telecom.com.co>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 02:33:38 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi Kevin,
I think the answer is contained in the help text for PlotPoints:
"In Plot, an adaptive procedure is used to choose more sample points."
Jurgen
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin J. McCann <kevinmccann at home.com> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Subject: [mg13478] [mg13455] PlotPoints Question
>I wrote a routine the other day to display the points that Plot actually
>uses. Much to my surprise, when I set PlotPoints to some number like 5,
>I found that more than this number were actually used.
>
>For example, try this
>
>p1 = Plot[x^2, {x, 0, 2}, PlotPoints ->5, PlotRange ->All];
>
>and then to
>
>p1//FullForm
>
>You will see that 19 points are actually used. Given all that, what does
>the PlotPoints option really do?
>
>Kevin
>
>