Since we're on sage-edu and not sage-support, I'd add that pedagogically you might want to try just making an interact that already limits the y-values for them. I think that the authors of the MAA calculus text are essentially trying this (Lang or David, if you see this, feel free to respond).
Hi Brad! Good to hear from you. > > >> When they enter >> >> A = plot( csc(x), -pi, 2*pi ) >> show(A) >> >> the y values go from zero down to -8e15. >> >> > This is pretty typical for anything with asymptotes. > > >> How can they limit the range of the graph so they can see the pertinent >> behavior? >> > > Have them try using plot(..., ymin=-5,ymax=5) or whatever is relevant. In > fact, this is a good exercise, to see how such functions behave... but of > course maybe by default they would want to try having a set standard for > such asymptotic functions to always put in. We haven't yet come up with a > (good) way to automatically detect such things, as "detect_poles" doesn't > always do this. See also http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/3985and > http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/8341 > > - kcrisman > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sage-edu/-/EuaBy8hyLBwJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en.
