Re: notation help: f(x) = (sin x)^(1/3)
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- Subject: [mg29968] Re: [mg29947] notation help: f(x) = (sin x)^(1/3)
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 03:28:31 -0400 (EDT)
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First of all you do have a syntax error. What you meant was:
Plot[Sin[x]^(1/3), {x, -10, 10}]
But actually this will also not work. The explanation is again: complex
functions or your lack of acquaintance with them. The point is that x^(1/3)
is not what you think it is when x is a negative real number (it is a
complex number). There are several ways round it. One of them is to load the
<<Miscellaneous`RealOnly`
package. My preferred way is to use:
Plot[Root[#^3-Sin[x]&,1], {x, -10, 10}]
Here Root[#^3-Sin[x]&,1] means the real cube root of Sin[x].
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Andrzej Kozlowski
Toyama International University
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on 01.7.19 4:57 PM, Tim 9-23 at bendoftimeb at stny.rr.com wrote:
> How do I plot this. I must not be entering it correctly. It's the
> plot of the cube root of the Sine function.
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> Plot[[Sin[x]]^(1/3), {x, -10, 10}] isn't working. Thanks.
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