Questions tagged [discontinuity]
Tag for issues caused by discontinuity (e.g. Boole, Piecewise, UnitStep, If, etc) in arithmetic function.
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How Can I Visualize a PDE Boundary Condition? [closed]
I want to use Mathematica to visualize boundary/initial conditions for PDEs in 3-dimensional space. This was sparked by the initial comment in this question, which attempts to solve the PDE $$\...
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What is the scope of the bug where Piecewise breaks DSolve?
Bug introduced after 9.0.1, persisting through 12.3.1.
I have identified a bug in DSolve when differential equation includes a ...
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Can't extend the function to continuous [closed]
I have code:
Am0[ω_] := Abs[H[I*ω]]
Am[ω_] := Piecewise[{{Limit[Am0[ω], ω -> 0], ω == 0}, {Am0[ω], ω!= 0}}]
Limit[Am0[ω], ω -> 0]
Am[0]
Function ...
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Sided Exclusions in Plot
Consider
Plot[Floor[x],{x,-5.5,5.5},ExclusionsStyle->{None,Blue}]
At each discontinuity, we get circles indicating the jump. Mathematically, ...
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Plotting the sign of a two-variables function
I have a continous function f(x,y), and I want the 2D plot of its sign. I then created a function
sign=Sign[f]
and used ...
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Problem with NDSolve and piecewise functions: Failure computing Filippov continuation
I am trying to solve a first order differential equation using NDSolve. The differential equation is
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Discontinuity problem with 3D cylindrical heat equation (possibly due to a conversion between Cartesian to Cylindrical coordinates)
I have been working a certain type of 3D cylindrical diffusion equation for a bit now. I am trying to simulate a longitudinal diffusion process in a cylinder with a dislocation defect that will make ...
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Unpredictable behavior of a function
The Hermitian matrix mat is used to construct a function fun[x, y, z] as follows:
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Ugly streaks caused by Arg in a contour plot
I had a more general question about a similar problem more than two years ago, Getting rid of discontinuities in plots caused by square roots, logarithms, `Arg`, etc, which got lots of interesting ...
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Approximate the piecewise constant with a smooth function
Let us first define a two regions as follow :
inner=1;outer=2;
reg1 = Disk[{0, 0}, inner];
reg2 = Annulus[{0, 0}, {inner, outer}];
glass=1.5;air=1;
Now let's say I ...
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Checking for discontinuities
There was an older post about checking the continuity of a function but the routines in the reply don't seem to work for my function. Hence the new post.
If I have a function
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Boundary value problem with a DiracDelta
It seems that Mathematica can solve an initial value problem with a DiracDelta, but not a boundary value problem with a ...
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sorting out the coordinate and respective solution values for plotting
I want to plot for coordinates and corresponding solution values below.
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Benefits/pitfalls of defining function that is discontinuous at a point "explicitly" vs using piecewise?
For example, suppose I wanted to define a function, f that is $f(x)=x^2$ except at $x=1$, where $f(x)=5$
Two ways I can define this are
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Can someone please comment on the efficiency of Mathematica, Maple and Matlab in conditional plotting?
I use Mathematica to plot
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Smooth Boxcar function (Rectangle Pulse function)
There are some answers on how to get a smooth squarewave function. But I would like to have a smooth boxcar function or rectangle function with 2 different widths.: ...
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Solving a Nonlinear Complementary Problem (plasticity)
I would like to solve the following: given $t\mapsto\sigma(t)$ and $E>0$, $\sigma_y>0$, find $\epsilon$ such that:
$$\left\lbrace\begin{array}{l}g(t,\epsilon)\geq 0,\\ \phi(t,\epsilon,\epsilon')\...
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3D FEM Vector Potential
I am trying to reproduce an FEM result in a paper. Due to possible copyright I cannot show the result directly but fortunately there is a free link
An Incomplete Gauge for 3D Nodal Finite Element ...
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Problem for defining continuously Eigenvectors from Kane and Mele model
The model is a simple eigenvalue problem. A matrix that depends on some parameters kx, ky, t, defined by:
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Continuity and derivability of a multivariable function at a specific point
I have this function:
f = Sqrt(Abs(x^2 - x*y))
So, how can I prove that it is derivable and/or continue in a point, like (0,0)?
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Inconsistent behavior of Limit function when evaluating a directed limit at a discontinuity
Consider the following expression:
(* In *) expr1 = Hold[Limit[Sign[x], x -> y, Direction -> "FromAbove"] == Sign[y]]
Now let's substitute a ...
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Is there a functionality to analytically find discontinutites of function?
I would like know whether it is somehow possible to analytically get discontinuities of a given function on a given interval (possibly with some reasonable assumption of the function otherwise being ...
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Exiting CrossSlidingDiscontinuity in NDSolve to follow equilibrium curve
I am trying to figure out how to get the solution curve to an NDSolve to slide along once it reaches a boundary and then to exit the ...
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Why does HeavisideTheta not have an implicit piecewise expansion?
The Heaviside step function implicitly expands to a piecewise function:
UnitStep[t - 3] // PiecewiseExpand
$$ \begin{cases} 1 & t\geq 3 \\ 0 & \text{...
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Computing limits from the left and right and getting the same answer which isn't correct
When I use the following code:
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Mathematica is unable to compute the derivative of the function $\frac{\sin^2(x)}x$
Consider the function
$$f: \mathbb R\to\mathbb R, x\mapsto\begin{cases}\frac{\sin^2(x)}x, & x\neq 0, \\ 0, & x=0.\end{cases}$$
It is true that $f\in\mathcal C^1(\mathbb R)$ and that
$$f'(x)=\...
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Coupled nonlinear differential system with discontinuous functions which values are given by list elements, boundary conditions, NDSolve
I am very new to mathematica, I have googled my problem in vain, hope you can help me.
I am currently trying to solve a non linear system of two coupled differential equations given by (41) and (42). ...
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How to model diffusion through a membrane?
This is a follow-up on How to handle discontinuity in diffusion coefficient?
Consider diffusion of $u(t,x)$ on the domain $x \in [0,2]$ with some simple boundary conditions such as $u(0) = 2, u(2) = ...
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How to handle discontinuity in diffusion coefficient?
I am looking to solve the diffusion equation with a discontinuous jump in the diffusion coefficient. In 1D, the diffusion equation for $u(t,x)$ is:
$$
\partial_t u = \partial_x (D \partial_x u),
$$
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IVP Piecewise ODE: Changing the Domain outside region of interest changes result dramatically
Good afternoon,
I am attempting to solve the following ODE:
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Plotting only one piece of an implicit 3d surface (the one value of the order parameter wich minimizes some free energy function)
I would like to plot a graphic of spontaneous magnetization vs T vs h for a Curie Weiss Model. The equation for stationary ...
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Strange result for sum $\sum _{k=1}^{\infty } \frac{\sin (k (k-1))}{k}$
In this sum over $k$
Sum[Sin[k (k - 1)]/k, {k, 1, ∞}]
the result still containes the summation index $k$.
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Repeated convergence test failure and why?
i have assigned all the values and the ODE assigned is as this
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Strange results from NDSolve after using a smooth (Tanh) function to approximate a discontinuous (jump) event
I am solving a system of ODE which contains a discontinuous ode (the equation v[t]== ...in the following code and it means that my ...
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Dots at points of discontinuity
So, I got this code:
Plot[Piecewise[{{3, x <= 0}, {x^2 + 1, x > 0}}], {x, -2, 2},
PlotStyle -> {Purple}, Axes -> False, Frame -> True]
and I ...
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How can I get continous plot of ArcTan over all quadrants?
Scope:
My calculation is an element in the optimization of a mechanism. The geometry is given by following equations. To get angles β and γ without using the inverse function ...
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A discontinuity in an integral
I have a function which I'm trying to integrate, which is perfectly smooth and Mathematica sees it as well defined everywhere in the region over which I'm integrating it. The function is:
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Problem with using NDSolve on wave PDE on string
I am trying to verify my hand solution for wave PDE in 1D, on a string. The solution I get from NDSolve does not match the analytical solution.
This is a string, ...
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Piecewise function not evaluating in NDSolve
Perhaps it's something obvious, but why does this simple piecewise function (as well as other conditionals) not evaluate in NDSolve:
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Ndsolve problem with Sign (friction)
In a very simple model I consider the motion of a body with frictional force.
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How to set interface conditions for optical waveguide in NDEigensystem?
I have been working on waveguide mode analysis using FEM in Mathematica for a week, but I haven't succeeded until now.
The optical fiber-like waveguide is featured with different refractive index in ...
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NDSolve gives unexpected results when using the method of lines
I've been trying to solve the following PDE using the NDSolve function but it seems something is not working properly. The PDE is a the heat equation on polar coordinates and assuming angular simmetry:...
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Discontinuities in taking the roots of a complex function
I have the following functions e1, e2, and e3 which consists of the functions ...
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NDSolve with piecewise boundary conditions
I am trying to solve two simultaneous partial differential equation for $P[x,t]$ and $V[x,t]$. I have a piecewise boundary condition for $V[L,t]$. When using that piecewise condition, I get the error
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Heat equation with variable conductivity
Let us consider the (very simple) problem
$\qquad \partial_x[k(x)\,\partial_xu]=0,\quad x\in [0,1]$
$\qquad u(0)=0,\ u(1)=1,$ with $l\in(0,1)$
$\qquad k(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l}k_1^{},x<l\\k_2^...
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Evaluation of Mod of InterpolatingFunction prevents discontinuity processing by Plot
While trying out @MichaelSeifert's answer to Eliminating Discontinuities When Using Mod with NDSolve and Plot for Oscillators,
I came across this odd behavior. Depending on how an ...
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Eliminating Discontinuities When Using Mod with NDSolve and Plot for Oscillators
I have found similar questions to mine, but dealing with piecewise and parametric plots instead and unfortunately the answers don't seem to extend to my case.
I have a solution from ...
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ContourPlot showing breaks in contours
I'm trying find graphically the solutions of the intersection of the following functions.
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Finding the discontinuities of a function
I have a list of data and I want to find the discontinuities in the plot of them but I don't want to use interpolation because it is not that exact that it should be. is there any other way?
The ...
