Dear Bill: It looks great. many thanks
*one more quick help:* how to graph only the x and y axis crossing through the origin, with xlim=c(-1,1,0.2) and ylim=c(0,1,0.2)? with many thanks steve On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:11 PM, William Dunlap <wdun...@tibco.com> wrote: > Your right <- (1:n)*dx mean that your leftmost rectangle's left edge > is at 0, but you want it to be at -4. You should turn this into a function > so you don't have to remember how the variables in your code depend > on one another. E.g., > > showIntegral <- function (f, xmin, xmax, n = 16) > { > curve(f(x), from = xmin, to = xmax, lwd = 2, col = "blue") > abline(h = 0) > dx <- (xmax - xmin)/n > right <- xmin + (1:n) * dx > left <- right - dx > mid <- right - dx/2 > fm <- f(mid) > rect(left, 0, right, fm, density = 20, border = "red") > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch = 19) > sum(fm * dx) > } > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=16) > [1] 42.5 > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=256) > [1] 42.66602 > > showIntegral(f=function(x)x^2, xmin=-4, xmax=4, n=1024) > [1] 42.66663 > > > 2*4^3/3 > [1] 42.66667 > > showIntegral > Bill Dunlap > TIBCO Software > wdunlap tibco.com > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Steven Stoline <sstol...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear Peter: in my previous email I forgot to reply to the list too > > > > I used your code for more than one examples, and it works nicely. But > when > > I tried to use for the the function: f(x) = x^2, it looks like I am > missing > > something, but I could not figured it out. > > > > This what I used: > > > > > > > > f <- function(x) x^2 > > > > curve(f(x), from=-4, to=4, lwd=2, col="blue") > > abline(h=0) > > n <- 16 > > dx <- 8/n > > right <- (1:n)*dx > > left <- right - dx > > mid <- right - dx/2 > > fm <- f(mid) > > rect(left,0,right,fm, density = 20, border = "red") > > points(mid, fm, col = "red", cex = 1.25, pch=19) > > sum(fm*dx) > > > > > > > > 1/3 * (64+64) > > > > > > > > with many thanks > > steve > > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Steven Stoline <sstol...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> many thanks > >> > >> steve > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 9:20 AM, peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Something like this? > >>> > >>> f <- function(x) x^3-2*x > >>> curve(f(x), from=0, to=4) > >>> abline(h=0) > >>> n <- 16 > >>> dx <- 4/n > >>> right <- (1:n)*dx > >>> left <- right - dx > >>> mid <- right - dx/2 > >>> fm <- f(mid) > >>> points(mid, fm) > >>> rect(left,0,right,fm) > >>> > >>> sum(fm*dx) > >>> > >>> 1/4 * 4^4 - 4^2 > >>> > >>> > >>> -pd > >>> > >>> > >>> On 27 Nov 2015, at 13:52 , Steven Stoline <sstol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > Dear All: > >>> > > >>> > I am trying to explain to my students how to calculate the definite > >>> > integral using the Riemann sum. Can someone help me to graph the area > >>> under > >>> > the curve of the function, showing the curve as well as the > rectangles > >>> > between 0 and 4.. > >>> > > >>> > *f(x) = x^3 - 2*x * > >>> > > >>> > over the interval [0 , 4] > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > with many thanks > >>> > steve > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Steven M. Stoline > >>> > 1123 Forest Avenue > >>> > Portland, ME 04112 > >>> > sstol...@gmail.com > >>> > > >>> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >>> > > >>> > ______________________________________________ > >>> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >>> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >>> > PLEASE do read the posting guide > >>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > >>> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > >>> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > >>> Phone: (+45)38153501 > >>> Office: A 4.23 > >>> Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Steven M. Stoline > >> 1123 Forest Avenue > >> Portland, ME 04112 > >> sstol...@gmail.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Steven M. Stoline > > 1123 Forest Avenue > > Portland, ME 04112 > > sstol...@gmail.com > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Steven M. Stoline 1123 Forest Avenue Portland, ME 04112 sstol...@gmail.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.