plotting (sin (x))^2 +(cos(x))^2)



Doug Edmunds (gmail) wrote:
> Strangely, with [y,0,2], the line is bumpy, though with [y,0,1.9] or 
> [y,0,2.1] it is straight.  I can't seem to reproduce those little bumps
> with other [y] values.
>   
Perhaps that is an artifact of wxplot?  With maxima and the standard
gnuplot, I see a straight line.  It seems hard to imagine there would be
bumps since the variations should be less than 1e-10, which wouldn't
show up on a plot from 0 to 2, unless your plotting surface was huge.

Ray