Re: Mathematica 5 : strange Plot
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- Subject: [mg43975] Re: [mg43945] Mathematica 5 : strange Plot
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 04:16:09 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 05:59 PM, pacotomi wrote:
> Hi,
> Plot[ ] gives me a perplexing graphic :
>
> let :
>
> f[x_] := If [x < 20, 0, x - 20]
>
> Then, I try :
>
> Plot[f[x], {x, 0, 100}]
>
> curiously, I get a plot with x between 0 and 40 and f(x) between 0 and
> 80. The x range is false but the y one is right.
>
> What's wrong with this simple notebook ?
>
> Pacotomi
>
>
>
You should tell mathemaitca the plot range you want:
1.
Plot[f[x], {x, 0, 100}, PlotRange -> All]
2.
Plot[f[x], {x, 0, 100}, PlotRange -> {{0, 100}, {0, 80}}]
Otherwise Mathematica uses it's own algorithm for choosing the
"interesting" plot range, which often produces better looking pictures
but is not always what you want.
Andrzej Kozlowski
Yokohama, Japan
http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~akoz/
http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/