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Re: Manipulate (from Wolfram Demonstrations)

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  • Subject: [mg76814] Re: [mg76774] Manipulate (from Wolfram Demonstrations)
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 00:52:23 -0400 (EDT)
  • Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net

p is replaced by its definition

x is then replaced by the rule x -> xi

and 

xi is controlled by slider making p a number


Bob Hanlon

---- Bruce Colletti <vze269bv at verizon.net> wrote: 
> Re Mathematica 6.0 under WinXP.
> 
> The code below (from Wolfram Demonstrations site) plots a tangent at the point set by the slider.  
> 
> Point[{xi,p}] baffles me:  Point requires two numbers, but p is a function...I don't see how it evaluates to a number AT THIS location in the Manipulate statement.  
> 
> What is the mechanism that makes p evaluate to a number?  Is it somehow referring to Plot's {x,-2,2} ?
> 
> Thankx.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> Manipulate[
>  With[{p = a x^3 + b x^2 + c x, dx = .8}, 
>   With[{pp = D[p, x]}, 
>    Plot[p, {x, -2, 2}, Ticks -> None, PlotRange -> All, 
>     Epilog -> ({Orange, PointSize[.02], Point[{xi, p}], 
>         Thickness[.005], 
>         Line[{{xi - dx, p - dx pp}, {xi + dx, p + dx pp}}]} /. 
>        x -> xi)]]], {{xi, 0, Subscript[x, 0]}, -2, 
>   2}, Delimiter, {{a, -2, "a"}, -2, 2}, {{b, -2, "b"}, -2, 
>   2}, {{c, -2, "c"}, -2, 2}, ControllerLinking -> True]
> 



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