Re: Division by zero, despite strong hint
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- Subject: [mg96590] Re: [mg96542] Division by zero, despite strong hint
- From: Curtis Osterhoudt <cfo at lanl.gov>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:41:31 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: LANL
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- Reply-to: cfo at lanl.gov
Hi, David,
Just a missing comma between the arguments to Piecewise! Try
g3[x_] := Piecewise[{{Sin[1/x], x != 0}, {0, x == 0}}]
Regards,
C.O.
On Monday 16 February 2009 04:55:40 am dch888 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to plot the Sin[1/x] curve with the curve being defined as
> 0 at 0 like this:
>
> g3[x_] := Piecewise[{{Sin[1/x], x != 0} {0, x == 0}}]
>
> Invoking Plot produced a flat graph; puzzled I asked for g3[0] and
> got:
>
> Power::infy Infinite expression 1/0 encountered >>
>
> {
> {Indeterminate, False True},
> {0, \!\(\*
> TagBox["True",
> "PiecewiseDefault",
> AutoDelete->False,
> DeletionWarning->True]\)}
> }
>
> Hmmm... what's the trick here to stop Mathematica evaluating all the branches
> of the piecewise fn? There's nothing in the documentation that I can
> see to stop this in Piecewise... perhaps I need to use a different Mathematica
> function?
>
> Thanks,
> David.
>
>
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