{VERSION 2 3 "IBM INTEL NT" "2.3" } {USTYLETAB {CSTYLE "Maple Input" -1 0 "Courier" 0 1 255 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "Hyperlink" -1 17 "" 0 1 0 128 128 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "" 0 21 "" 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 }{CSTYLE "Help H eading" -1 26 "" 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }{PSTYLE "Normal" -1 0 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "Text Output" -1 2 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "Couri er" 1 10 0 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 }1 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "Warning" 2 7 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 0 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }{PSTYLE "Error" 7 8 1 {CSTYLE "" -1 -1 "" 0 1 255 0 255 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 }0 0 0 -1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 }} {SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 7 "Advice:" }{TEXT -1 34 " Plotting functions vs expressions" }} {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 51 "Usually one plots expressions in Maple, f or example" }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 24 "plot(x^2-1, x \+ = 0 .. 1);" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 176 "Note that the independent variable is used in specifying the interval on which to plot. If you left this out, Maple would not know what variable to use, resulting i n an error:" }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 20 "plot(x^2-1, 0 .. 1);" }}{PARA 8 "" 1 "" {TEXT -1 26 "Plotting error, empty plot" }} }{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 188 "It is also possible to plot functions r ather than expressions. This is particularly useful with functions th at are meant to be called only with numerical, rather than symbolic, a rguments." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 15 "f:= x -> x^2-1: " }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 16 "plot(f, 0 .. 1);" }}} {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 100 "In this case you do not specify the name of the variable. If you did, you would get strange-looking" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 8 "results:" }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 20 "plot(f, x = 0 .. 1);" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 65 "If you wis h to label the axes in such a plot, you should use the " }{MPLTEXT 0 21 6 "labels" }{TEXT -1 8 " option." }}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "> " 0 "" {MPLTEXT 1 0 35 "plot(f, 0 .. 1, labels=[x,`f(x)`]);" }}}}{SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 10 "See also: " }{HYPERLNK 17 "plot" 2 "plot " "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "plot3d" 2 "plot3d" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "plot options" 2 "plot,options" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "plot3d options" 2 "plot3d,option" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", \+ " }{HYPERLNK 17 "Defining functions" 2 "Defining_functions" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "Error: cannot evaluate boolean" 2 "Error:cann ot_evaluate_boolean" "" }{TEXT -1 2 ", " }{HYPERLNK 17 "Plotting error , empty plot" 2 "Plotting_error:empty_plot" "" }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 26 23 "Maple Advisor Database " }{TEXT -1 15 " R. Israel 19 97" }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}}{MARK "2 0 11" 8 }{VIEWOPTS 1 1 0 1 1 1803 }