5. Graphics for Functions

Introduction 115

5.1 Basic Plots for 2D Functions 116

5.1.1 Plotting One Curve 116 Plot, AspectRatio, PlotRange, Ticks, Play

5.1.2 Plotting Several Curves 121 Plot, Show, Tooltip, GraphicsRow, GraphicsGrid, etc.

5.1.3 Interactive Drawing 126

5.2 Other Plots for 2D Functions 132

5.2.1 Parametric Plots 132 ParametricPlot, PolarPlot

5.2.2 Logarithmic Plots 133 LogPlot, LogLinearPlot, LogLogPlot

5.2.3 Implicit Plots 134 ContourPlot

5.2.4 Filled Plots 135 Filling, FillingStyle

5.2.5 Region Plots 136 RegionPlot, ParametricPlot

5.2.6 Complex Plots 137 Re, Im, Abs, RegionPlot, ContourPlot, ParametricPlot

5.3 Plots for 3D Functions 139

5.3.1 Basic Plots 139 Plot3D, ContourPlot, DensityPlot

5.3.2 Special Plots 142 ParametricPlot3D, RegionPlot3D, GradientFieldPlot, etc.

5.3.3 Stereograms 145 SIS

5.4 Plots for 4D Functions 147

5.4.1 Simple Methods 147 VectorFieldPlot3D, GradientFieldPlot3D

5.4.2 Surfaces of Constant Value 149 ContourPlot3D