Please help me to draw f(x) = sin(x) if x<=0 and f(x)=cos(x) if x>1
thanks for your answers
thanks for your answers
There are a few options. One is to use the piecewise
command:
f=Piecewise([[(-10,1),sin(x)],[(1,10),cos(x)]],x)
plot(lambda x: f(x),(-2*pi,2*pi))
Another is to use a python function definition:
def f(x):
if x<=1:
return(sin(x))
else:
return(cos(x))
plot(f,(-2*pi,2*pi))
Note that with the python function definition, the plot
command must be called just with f
and not f(x)
. Calling with f(x)
causes python to evaluate $f$ before doing the plot and will result in an incorrect plot.
More compactly, you could also use a lambda expression: `lambda x: sin(x) if x `<`= 1 else cos(x)`
Another option is to use two separate plots: plot(sin(x), (x, -10, 0)) + plot(cos(x), (x, 1, 10))
. By the way, I don't know if the question contains a typo or if there is not supposed to be a plot when x is between 0 and 1.
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Asked: 2013-06-12 14:33:24 +0100
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Last updated: Jun 12 '13