Fancier Graphics
Simultaneous plots
Several functions can be plotted simultaneously.
In this example, three functions are plotted together
on the same graph, by putting them
into a list enclosed by curly brackets {}
(the usual way to indicate a list).
The PlotStyle is optional;
here it is used to make the three lines
have different styles.
Plot[ {Sin[x], 2+2Cos[x/2], Sqrt[x]}, {x,0,15},
PlotStyle->{{Hue[0.7]},{ }, {Hue[0]}} ];
Parametric plotting
Parametric plotting is possible in 2-D and 3-D.
ParametricPlot[ {t Cos[t], t Sin[t]}, {t,0,10Pi} ];
ParametricPlot3D[{z,(Sin[z]+2)Cos[t],(Sin[z]+2)Sin[t]}, {t,2,8}, {z,0,15}];
Standard packages
Standard packages have routines for many special
graphing functions.
Needs["Graphics`Polyhedra`"];
Show[Graphics3D[Stellate[Icosahedron[]]]];
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