Maple 9 Learning Guide - Maplesoft

104 • Chapter 5: PlottingPublishing Material with PlotsPlots created with the default thickness of 0 are sometimes too faint forprofessionally published documents. It is recommended that you increaseplot line thickness to 3 before submitting documents for professional printing.For information about this feature, see the ?plot[options] helppage.5.1 Graphing in Two DimensionsWhen plotting an explicit function, y = f(x), Maple requires the functionand the domain.> plot( sin(x), x=-2*Pi..2*Pi );10.5–6 –4 –2 0 2x4 6–0.5–1Click a point in the plot window to display particular coordinates. Themenus (found on the menu bar or by right-clicking the plot) allow youto modify various characteristics of the plots or use many of the plottingcommand options listed in the ?plot,options help page.Maple can also graph user-defined functions.> f := x -> 7*sin(x) + sin(7*x);f := x → 7 sin(x) + sin(7 x)> plot(f(x), x=0..10);