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

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From	"Charles T. Smith" <cts.private@yahoo.com>
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Subject	Re: fatal precision problem in gnuplot or fatal operator incompetence?
Date	Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:43:32 +0200
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On 04/28/12 16:31, Brendan Halpin wrote:
> 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.


Excellent.  That's on my self-study plan.


>
> The short answer is evident from the following:
>
> set samples 10000
> plot [0:1000] sin(x)
>
> Brendan

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