Re: [Gnuplot-info] Possible optimal way to handle extremum points problem

[Dan H. <dan...@ph...>]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2022, Ethan Merritt wrote:

> The program already does something of the sort to insure that a function
> is evaluated at x=0 even if regular subdivision of the x-axis range would
> not generate a sample point there.  If the location of the function's
> extrema are known in advance, those special values of x could be added
> to the sample set.  Unfortunately the program does not in general know
> how many or where such extrema are expected.

For that, you probably want a computer algebra system that can
interface with Gnuplot for plotting purposes (e.g. Maxima) rather than
Gnuplot on its own.