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Re: fatal precision problem in gnuplot or fatal operator incompetence?

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From	brendan.halpin@ul.ie (Brendan Halpin)
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Subject	Re: fatal precision problem in gnuplot or fatal operator incompetence?
Date	Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:31:29 +0100
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On Sat, Apr 28 2012, Charles T. Smith wrote:

> Why does:
>
>   plot [0:1000] sin(x)
>
> seem to be modulated with what appears to be a sine wave?

The long answer involves words like aliasing and Nyquist. 

The short answer is evident from the following:

set samples 10000
plot [0:1000] sin(x)

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fatal precision problem in gnuplot or fatal operator incompetence? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-28 12:25 +0200
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    Re: fatal precision problem in gnuplot or fatal operator incompetence? brendan.halpin@ul.ie (Brendan Halpin) - 2012-04-28 15:33 +0100
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  Re: fatal precision problem in gnuplot or fatal operator incompetence? brendan.halpin@ul.ie (Brendan Halpin) - 2012-04-28 15:31 +0100
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