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Re: Plot with axes exchanged

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• Subject: [mg130517] Re: Plot with axes exchanged
• From: "Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh at snafu.de>
• Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:33:35 -0400 (EDT)
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On 17 Apr., 08:30, Murray Eisenberg <mur... at math.umass.edu> wrote:
> For a function f, instead of the points {x, f[x]}, you want the points {f[x], x}. So use ParametricPlot. For example:
>
>   f[x_] := x^2
>   ParametricPlot[{f[x], x]}, {x, 0, 2}]
>
> On Apr 16, 2013, at 12:34 AM, Dr. Wolfgang Hintze <w... at snafu.de> wrote:
>
> > How can I exchange axes in a plot, i.e. plot the function value along
> > the horizontal axis and the independent variable against the vertical
> > axis?
>
> > Any help is apreciated.
>
> > Wolfgang
>
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Thanks you all for the interesting solutions.

Regards,
Wolfgang

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