Last Updated 10/28/2022

Sage Essentials
Section 6: Plotting Curves

In this section you will learn how to plot two dimensional curves.

The parametric_plot command

Example 1

Plot the parametric curve determined by $\{\begin{array}{c}x=t^2-t\\ y=2t-t^3\end{array}$ over the t-interval $\left[-2,2\right]$.

We use the optional argument aspect_ratio to scale the vertical to horizonal proportion of a graph.

Try this!

Plot the parametric curve determined by $\{\begin{array}{c}x=e^t\\ y=e^{-t}\end{array}$ over the t-interval $\left[1,2\right]$ . Adjust the aspect_ratio argument to see its effects.