March 31, 2011 — Andrew Moylan, Technical Communication & Strategy
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This week’s question comes from Brian, who is a part-time math teacher:
How do you plot trigonometric functions in degrees instead of radians?
Trigonometric functions in Mathematica such as Sin[x] and Cos[x] take x to be given in radians:
March 14, 2011 — Andrew Moylan, Technical Communication & Strategy
Got questions about Mathematica? The Wolfram Blog has answers! Each week, we’ll answer a selected question from users around the web. You can submit your question directly to the Q&A Team.
For our first post in this new series of Mathematica Q&A articles, we’re going to address a very frequently asked question about plotting in Mathematica.
How can I control the appearance of discontinuities in a plot?
The short answer is, use the options Exclusions and ExclusionsStyle! Let’s see how they work.
By default, Plot shows the function 1 ⁄ sin(x) with lines joining its discontinuities:
