Re: Plotting anomaly with a staircase function
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- Subject: [mg114788] Re: Plotting anomaly with a staircase function
- From: Andy <andyr at wolfram.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:28:27 -0500 (EST)
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On 12/16/2010 4:49 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: > On 12/15/2010 4:53 AM, rebcabin wrote: >> Hello -- I was investigating a staircase function derived from a >> representation of a parametric polyline (concept from Differential >> Geometry), and found some plotting anomalies. In particular, sometimes >> the "risers" of the stair steps are slanted instead of the expected >> vertical. I did some fuzz testing of my function and was unable to >> find an anomaly numerically amongst a million random inputs. I >> compared my staircase against a different form built from the Matheamtica >> built-in UnitStep, and that second form does NOT show the anomaly. I >> boiled everything down to the smallest possible notebook I could, and >> would be grateful for advice from the community, if anyone has a >> moment to look at it. There should be nothing difficult or subtle, >> here, which makes it all the more puzzling! >> >> Notebook posted below. >> >> https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4v0MzmZfdm8MWRlYzk3NTEtMDAzZi00YzM4LTkyZTEtYjM2ZjIxMjc4MTFk&hl=en&authkey=CPOwrzA >> > I ran your notebook in V 8, and I do not see the anomaly, here is a screen shot: > > http://12000.org/tmp/dec_15_2010/stairs.png > > --Nasser > The anomaly likely arises from a lack of PlotPoints. Plot is typically not very good with vertical risers in step functions if the sampling points are set to default. Try boosting the number of sample points by giving PlotPoints -> 500 or something. This is overkill but will likely solve your problem. -Andy
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- Re: Plotting anomaly with a staircase function
- From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>
- Re: Plotting anomaly with a staircase function