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ContourPlot

Usage

ContourPlot[f, {x,  ,  }, {y,  ,  }] generates a contour plot of f as a function of x and y.


Notes

ContourPlot evaluates its arguments in a non-standard way (see Section A.4.2). You should use Evaluate to evaluate the function to be plotted if this can safely be done before specific numerical values are supplied.
ContourPlot by default generates grayscale output, in which larger values are shown lighter.
• At positions where f does not evaluate to a real number, holes are left so that the background to the contour plot shows through.
ContourPlot has the same options as ContourGraphics, with the following additions:
Compiled True whether to compile the function to plot
PlotPoints 25 the number of points in each direction at which to sample the function
ContourPlot has the default option setting Frame -> True.
ContourPlot returns a ContourGraphics object, with the MeshRange option set.
• See Section 1.9.5.
• See also: DensityPlot.
• Related packages: Graphics`PlotField`, Graphics`ComplexMap`.
• New in Version 1.


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