Re: Graphing Functions for an idiot
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- Subject: [mg27268] Re: Graphing Functions for an idiot
- From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 03:58:18 -0500 (EST)
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Plot[x^3-3x, {x,-2,2}]
We could use an intermediate step:
expr= x^3-3x;
Plot[expr, {x,-2,2}]
Or define a function using
f[x_]:=x^3-3x
Then use
Plot[f[x], {x,-2,2}]
Allan
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"nsnn" <mailto:dontreply at tothis.ok> wrote in message
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> Hi, It's Idiot Here....
>
> After spending an afternoon with the Mathematica Book, 4th Ed. by S.W. I
> have found that I must be an official Idiot because I cannot figure out
how
> to do simple graphing of functions.
>
> Could someone please help me - step by step - realizing that you are
> instructing an idiot who -tried- figuring this out from the book - to
graph
> simple functions.
>
> Here is an example of what I am looking for:
>
> Graph the function f(x)=x^3-3x
>
> I read the section on the command "Plot" and no matter what I do I either
> get a graph that doesn't represent the function I am trying to graph or
> errors.
>
> Thanks in Advance!
>
> -rp
>
>