Questions tagged [plotting]
Questions on creating visualizations from functions or data using high-level constructors such as Plot, ListPlot, Histogram, etc.
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Why does ListPlot ignore some global options?
Bug introduced in 7.0.1 or earlier and fixed in 8.0.1'
Why does the following plot no use the global PlotMarkers option?
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Plotting piecewise function with distinct colors in each section
I have a piecewise function that I would like to plot but I was wondering if it is possible that each part of the function that is plotted when its corresponding condition is true be plotted with a ...
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Is it possible to speed up ContourPlot on multi-core machines?
It is not very difficult to face a function for which ContourPlot works too slow. And it seems natural that this function can be parallelized well. Anyway, naive <...
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Creating a data1 versus data2 plot?
I have a table of data with multiple rows and columns, and I have to make a versus data table using two of these columns. Essentially, I have to set one column of data (column 3) as the y-axis and ...
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Styling ticks, axes and other elements in a Plot of a step function
To display the effect of uniform quantization (step size Q) I would like to draw a curve as shown below
I tried this using
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ListPlot InterpolationOrder->0 datapoint centered
it is possible to get a histogram style in ListPlot using InterpolationOrder->0
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Centering date labels over the year in a DateListPlot
The canonical formatting for date labels in a DateListPlot is for the year or other date label to be centered over the tick at the start of the relevant period.
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Visualizing 3×3 spectrahedra
I'm trying to visualize the SDP cone over 3×3 matrices by plotting random 3D sections of it. Since each region is a system of inequality constraints, I'm using ...
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I'd like to display field lines for a point charge in 3 dimensions
I'd like to display field lines for a point charge in 3 dimensions. Not a force field (short arrows) but continuous field lines that start on the charge.
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1 Plot, 2 Scale/Axis
I would like to plot those two datasets on top of each other. But they have very different range on the $y$ axis. How can I have two different axis?
I found the following on the help menu but quite ...
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Plotting an implicit polar equation
Mathematica can use ContourPlot to draw implicit Cartesian equations, but doesn't seem to have a similar function to plot an implicit polar equation, for example
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Using GraphHighlight interactively
I want to build a small GUI, where the user can select either a single edge or a single node of a graph. I got to this point:
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Antialiasing option behaves weird (polygon edges visible in ContourPlot)
When I set the Antialiasing option in Style, I get the followings:
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On coloring the faces of a surface differently with parameter-dependent colors
Old versions of Mathematica ($VersionNumber < 6) supported a particular syntax of ParametricPlot3D[] that allowed for ...
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Using ListPointPlot3D to simulate 2D plots moving in time
I wrote a 1D solver for the heat equation $u_t=u_{xx}$, and I can animate the solution using normal ListPlot command, where the x-axis is the rod length, and the y-...
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ListPlot: Plotting large data fast
Mathematica produces fantastic-looking graphics, but it can be slow on large data sets. Here is an example for a (random) time series:
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Plot Option Precedence while combining Plots with Show[]
I like to build sophisticated plots by combining simpler ones with Show[]. Typically this involves setting non-default Plot-Options with the different Plot-Commands,...
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How to create regular (planar) graphs?
How to programmatically create and plot regular planar graphs with $k = 3, 4$ or $6$ (not hypercubes) and regular nonplanar graphs of $k = 8$ (see figure)? Note that what matters is the average ...
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RegionPlot is producing odd gaps, even for simple functions. Is there an option to prevent this?
When I use RegionPlot to plot the region between two functions, I get strange gaps in the resulting figure. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?
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Is there a way to have Plot draw points on a function where the function is undefined as circles as in textbooks?
A very common feature of graphs of functions used throughout textbooks are simple indications, such as open circles, of the points at which a function is undefined. Is there a way to do this in ...
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How does Plot work?
I considered the following function:
sin[x_] := Module[{},
Print["x=", x];
Sin[x]
]
in Mathematica. Next, I tried to plot it using:
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Symbolic derivatives are being calculated numerically
Update: (1) By V11, not sure of the exact version, the derivative IntegerPart' has been given a symbolic definition. (2) The numeric derivative computed has changed ...
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How to change the default ColorData used in Mathematica's Plot?
This question leads on from the recent question What are the standard colors for plots in Mathematica?
There it was determined that the default color palette used by ...
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Plotting discontinuous functions without spurious vertical segments
Consider the plot of this discontinuous function:
f[x_] := If[2 < x < 3, 0, x]
Plot[f[x], {x, 0, 5}]
I'd like to plot that without the vertical segments.
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