How to plot functions with LaTeX

Sun, 20 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Following on a previous blog post on drawing fractals with LaTeX, today I am going to plot functions using LaTeX. As in the previous post, let’s start by preparing the LaTeX environment from scratch:

sudo apt-get install latex209-base \
                     latex209-bin \
                     latexmk \
                     texlive-full \
                     texlive-math-extra \
                     texlive-extra-utils \
                     texlive-generic-extra \
                     texlive-latex-extra

The pgfplots package for plotting functions and the standalone package for displaying the graph in a single document need to be installed manually as they are not currently present in the Ubuntu repositories:

How to draw fractals in LaTeX

Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Fractals are mathematical sets showing a repeating pattern at every scale. Fractal patterns are fascinating and are commonly found in nature, for example in cauliflowers, broccoli, lungs, or trees.

LaTeX can generate complex fractals with few lines of code but needs some packages to do that. So let’s prepare the LaTeX environment from scratch by installing all the necessary packages (and prepare a cup of coffee in the meantime):

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