Plot 2D & 3D - Variables Range



On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, Gian Paolo Bronzetti wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I have been very surprised that both plot commands don't accept
> the limits of the variables range if they are written in fractional form:
>
> (%i14) plot2d(2*x,[x,-5,5])$
>
>    is OK, while, if 5 -> 5/2
>
> (%i15) plot2d(2*x,[x,-5,5/2])$
>
> Bad Range
> [x,-5,5/2] must be of the form [variable,min,max]
> -- an error.  Quitting.  To debug this try DEBUGMODE(TRUE);
To add some strangeness:
 	(%i16) plot2d(2*x,[x,-5,%pi/2]);
will work fine.

Uli.


>
> Of course the same happens using plot3d().
>
> This behaviour is the same in Maxina 5.5l while Maple and Mathematica
> have not this problem.
>
> Greetings from Italy,
>
> Paolo

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