I was able to successfully define & display a graph of a linear equation, with the following statement:
plot(2*x+1, (-5,5))
The (-5, 5), successfully specifies an x axis range; but i haven't found any success in being able to explicitly define the range of the y axis.
plot(2*x+1, (x,-5,5),ymin=1,ymax=5)is the preferred syntax.
plot(2*x+1, (-5,5),ymin=-4,ymax=4) This worked, thanks. What if the given the function: y^2 = x How would 1 plot it? I was able to do: plot(sqrt(x)) But as you know, one can't find the sqrts of negative number; so only the top half of the graph was displayed. The bottom half wasn't displayed :
Your best option here is to use `implicit_plot`. Try `implicit_plot(y^2==x,(x,-5,5),(y,-5,5))`.
y^2 =x is not a function; it fails the vertical line test. You could also try A=plot(sqrt(x),(x,0,1)) B=plot(-sqrt(x),(x,0,1)) show(A+B,xmin=-1,xmax=1)
Or you could do `var('y'); plot(y^2,(y,-5,5),axes_labels=['y','x'])` if you wanted to be tricky - see [this link](http://sagecell.sagemath.org/?q=73417d65-fe8a-43f5-90a5-b9105813a02d).
@bxdin - even better than implicit_plot, you can use parametric_plot. See
plot(2*x+1, (-5,5),ymin=-4,ymax=4)Unfortunally
plot?doesn't show the options ymin, ymax, but some examples do.
You can look for the options:
Evaluate:
P = plot(2*x+1)Then type
P.and hit the tab key
This is because ymin, ymax are actually an option to show(). The documentation in plot() links to the documentation of show() for this and many other options. It also mentions ymin/ymax explicitly in a special "Note" section.
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