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Re: Dumb question

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  • Subject: [mg27802] Re: Dumb question
  • From: "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 04:38:00 -0500 (EST)
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Gustavo,

    P = (Sin[a-x]*t/(a-x))^2;
Please note the syntax.

    t=1;
    a = Pi/2;

    Plot[P,{x,0,Pi}, AxesOrigin->{0,0}]

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"Gustavo Seabra" <gseabra at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:98neji$8g at smc.vnet.net...
> Hello. I know this may be a dumb question, and I apologize for doing that.
> But I am new to Mathematica, and I'm having a little trouble with this. I
> want to plot the equation:
>
> P=[sin(a-x)*t/(a-x)]^2
>
> with fixed t (say, 1) and fixed a (say, Pi/2), with x varying from 0 to
Pi.
> I know there is a discontinuity at x=a. Is there a way to plot this? I
mean,
> P(x) versus x?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student
> Chemistry Department
> Kansas State University
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>
>




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