Another bug in plot2d



Hello-

	I filed this bug at sourceforge, but I didn't see it propagate to the list.

	Regs
	Henry



On 02 May 2002 09:25:52 -0500
James Amundson <amundson@fnal.gov> wrote:

>On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 17:23, synthespian wrote:
>> Hello-
>> 
>> 	From the number of problems in the plotting functions, I would like to suggest that an urgent code revision regarding plotting be undertaken, if possible.
>> 	This new problem I found address a trivial problem, finding the area between a linear function and an intersecting parabola.
>> 	I did not even get to the integration since I discovered that plotting correctly wasn't possible.
>> 	I am using xmaxima on Debian GNU/Linux pre-3.0 (Woody)
>
>We will fix these problems eventually, I just can't guarantee how long
>it will take. Thank you for your reports.
>
>> 	Here it is:
>> 
>> Problem: find the area defined by y=5-x^2 and y=x+3.
>> 
>> (C9) algsys([y=5-x^2, y=x+3],[x,y]);
>> (D9) 				       [[x = - 2, y = 1], [x = 1, y = 4]]
>> (C10) plot2d([5-x^2,x+3],[x,-2,1]);
>> (D10) 
>> 
>> 	Only a fraction of the correct graphic is plotted.
>> 	In another of my post, I reported a similar problem regarding another simple function, again with wrong graphics.
>> 	I would file a bug report, but I don't know how to do it.
>
>To file a bug, go to <http://maxima.sf.net>; and click on "Project Page".
>On that page, click on "Bugs". On that page click on "Submit New". I'll
>leave the rest as an exercise to the reader.
>
>Thanks,
>Jim
>


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