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Is there a way to plot the following set with Mathematica?

$M=\left\{ \left(x,y,z\right)\mid x\in\mathbb{R}\:,\:y=\left|x\right|\:,\:0\leq y<z\right\}$

I think it's suppose to look something like this:

$y=|x|$ is plotted just for reference, and also $(0,0,0)\notin M$ (the origin is not part of the region), but I don't mind if the plot includes this point.

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We define regionplot[] to take two arguments: w is the region, and p is the number of points passed to PlotPoints.

regionplot[w_, p_] := RegionPlot3D[w, {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, {z, -1, 1}, 
 BoundaryStyle -> Directive[LightBlue, Thick], Mesh -> None, 
 PlotPoints -> p, PlotRange -> All, AxesLabel -> {x, y, z}, 
 PerformanceGoal -> "Quality", MaxRecursion -> 5, 
 PlotRange -> {{-1, 1}, {0, 1}, {0, 1}}];

We found that plotting the pair of walls with no thickness, leaves quite a gap between the walls. Giving the walls a little thickness, and using p=200 for a nice pinstripe pattern:

regionplot[0 < y < z && Abs[x] - .001 < y < Abs[x] + .001, 200]

enter image description here

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  • $\begingroup$ is there a way to smooth the surface and to get rid of the gap there? $\endgroup$
    – Jon
    Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 11:59
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, I know, it is disappointing! Using PlotPoints-> 1000 instead of 100 gives a nice, light blue wall. Unfortunately, it only plots one wall! (Mathematica 11.2.0.0) A workaround could be to plot to walls individual (wall1 and wall2 and then use Show[]: as in Show[wall1,wall2]. $\endgroup$
    – mjw
    Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 12:49
  • $\begingroup$ Comment correction: "to walls" ---> "the two walls" $\endgroup$
    – mjw
    Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 13:41
  • $\begingroup$ I wasn't speaking about the gap between the lines forming the walls, but the gap between the two walls. This gap $\endgroup$
    – Jon
    Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 13:52
  • $\begingroup$ Right! I also was speaking about the gap between the walls when I wrote there is still a bit of a gap. I don't mind the pinstripes, and with more PlotPoints, I think they disappear. $\endgroup$
    – mjw
    Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 14:32
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This can be done as follows.

Region[ImplicitRegion[y == RealAbs[x] && 0 <= y < z, {x, y, z}]]

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