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asked 2016-11-14 21:18:59 +0100

oldnovice gravatar image

I want to plot a function such as x mapsto max(x,1). How do I do that?

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answered 2016-11-14 21:26:21 +0100

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updated 2016-11-15 15:43:22 +0100

Try this using max_symbolic. It won't do as much as you might like, but you can plot it, at least.

Edit - didn't have time to include the code earlier:

plot(max_symbolic(x,1),(x,-5,5),ymin=0)
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Thank you very much for your help. This does what I want.

oldnovice gravatar imageoldnovice ( 2016-11-15 15:23:48 +0100 )edit
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answered 2016-11-15 15:07:39 +0100

slelievre gravatar image

Try using a lambda function.

This works for me:

sage: plot(lambda x: max(x, 1), (-5, 5), ymin=0)
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Thank you, too. I really appreciate your help. This also does what I want.

oldnovice gravatar imageoldnovice ( 2016-11-15 15:24:22 +0100 )edit

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