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Re: Stretching X-Axis in Plot[]

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  • Subject: [mg45805] Re: [mg45799] Stretching X-Axis in Plot[]
  • From: Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183 at misspelled.erthlink.net>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:53:10 -0500 (EST)
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Not exactly sure what you're after, but some combination of PlotRange, 
AspectRatio, and ImageSize should do it; e.g.,

Plot[Sin[10*x], {x, 0, 2*Pi}, PlotRange -> {{-Pi,3*Pi},Automatic},
    AspectRatio -> Automatic, ImageSize -> 500]

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Selwyn Hollis
http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis
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On Jan 25, 2004, at 3:04 AM, Harold Noffke wrote:

> MathGroup:
>
> I have a function I want to Plot between 0.5 and 1.0 with a "stretched
> out" x-axis.  I want to put a "horizontal magnifying glass" on the
> function between 0.65 and 0.75, because it wiggles a lot in this part
> of its domain.
>
> I tried to find a Plot option which allows the x-axis to stretch
> horizontally across the screen.  I experimented with AspectRatio ->
> 10, and found I could do y-axis (Range) stretch with no problem.  But
> when I tried AspectRatio -> 0.1, the y-axis collapsed, and the x-axis
> did not stretch at all.
>
> I'm stumped.  I can't find an x-axis stretching option that produces
> more on-screen horizontal plot details.
>
> Does anyone know a way to stretch the x-axis in Mathematica Plots?
>
> Regards,
> Harold
>
>


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