# Graphing software for maths textbooks

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**Created:** [December 3, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphing-software-for-maths-textbooks/333842 "2005-12-03T00:39:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphing-software-for-maths-textbooks/333842/1 "2005-12-03T00:39:47Z")

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What software is typically used for creating graphs in mathematics textbooks? I’m looking at doing tangents to parabolas and that sort of thing.

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphing-software-for-maths-textbooks/333842/2 "2005-12-03T01:47:58Z")

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> [@Lobot](#):
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> What software is typically used for creating graphs in mathematics textbooks? I’m looking at doing tangents to parabolas and that sort of thing.

You might try these: “Graphmatica”  
“GnuPlot”  
“Mvgraph”