Shading the solution of quadratic inequality

I'm not sure exactly what sort of plot was desired, but I'll offer  
1.5 possibilities.

Currently you can do something like this:

require(mosaic)
plotFun( x^2 - 4 ~ x , xlim=c(-6,6), col='blue' )
plotFun( (x^2 - 4)/as.numeric(x^2 -4 > 0) ~ x , xlim=c(-6,-2),  
add=TRUE, col='blue', lwd=4 )

It is a bit of kludge since I'm using division by 0 to hide part of  
the function.  You can adjust colors, line thickness, and alpha to  
your particular sensitivities.  And you can use type='h' if you want  
a "filled in version".

Soon, you should be able to do

plofFun( x^2 - 4 ~ x, groups=(x^2-4>0) )

If you find yourself wanting to plot "mathematical" functions like  
this, I encourage you to give plotFun() a try and let us know how  
you like it.

---rjp


On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:42 AM, R. Michael Weylandt wrote:

You should probably say more about which graphics engine you are
using, but here's a start:

curve(x^2-4, from = -3, to = 3)
x <- seq(-3, 3, length.out = 200)
polygon(c(x, rev(x)), c(x^2-4, rep(Inf, length(x))), col = 2)

The red is a little "oppressive" so I'd try to add transparency if
your device supports it. Adding a shade above/below argument to curve
based on the same principles might be a fun exercise too...

Michael

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:13 AM, AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa
<aaboueissa at usm.maine.edu> wrote:

Dear all R Users:

How can I shade the solution (-Inf,-2) or (2,Inf) of the  
inequality -x^2+4<0 within the curve of f(x)=-x^2+4.

and

the solution (-Inf,-2)or(2,Inf) of the inequality x^2-4>0 within  
the curve of
f(x)=x^2-4.


with many thanks

abou


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