File:2 cfs coincide over a finite interval.svg

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English: Example of 2 characteristic functions which coincide over the region [-1,1] but are different elsewhere.
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# Author: Ika, 2013-07-23
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import scipy.special as sp
 
X = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.01)                                                                             
 
plt.clf()
plt.figure(figsize=(4,3.2))
plt.axes([0.17,0.13,0.79,0.8])
plt.hold(True)
 
Q = []

Y = np.exp(-np.abs(X))
a = plt.plot(X, Y, '-', color='blue', lw=2)
Q.append(a)

Y = []
for x in X:
	if np.exp(-np.abs(x)) > 2/(np.exp(1)*(1+np.abs(x))):
		Y.append(np.exp(-np.abs(x)))
	else:
		Y.append(2/(np.exp(1)*(1+np.abs(x))))
a = plt.plot(X, Y, '-', color='purple', lw=2)
Q.append(a)
 
plt.xlabel("$t$")
plt.ylabel(r"$\mathrm{Cf}(t)$")
bx = plt.legend(Q, (r"$\varphi_1 = e^{-┃t┃}$", r"$\max\{\varphi_1,\frac{2}{(1+┃t┃)e}\}$"),\
                numpoints=1, handlelen=0.05, handletextpad=0.4,\
                loc="upper right", prop={'size':10})
bx.draw_frame(False)
plt.xlim(-5,5)
 
plt.savefig("cfs_coincide_over_a_finite_interval.pdf")
plt.savefig("cfs_coincide_over_a_finite_interval.eps")
plt.savefig("cfs_coincide_over_a_finite_interval.svg")

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