How can I replace x-axis labels with pre-determined symbols?
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I want to take a simple plot and change the x-axis so it appears to be measured in terms of certain symbols that are used in the physics literature. See the image below for an example.
I will rephrase this as follows: I have some set of numerical coordinates which trace out the curves in my plot. For equal spacings on the x-axis (say once every 100 points), I want to label the line $x=100,n$ with a symbol.
I don't know how to do this. The documentation provided by Mathematica didn't help me. This doesn't seem like something done by just changing the ticks settings.
plotting labeling
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
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I want to take a simple plot and change the x-axis so it appears to be measured in terms of certain symbols that are used in the physics literature. See the image below for an example.
I will rephrase this as follows: I have some set of numerical coordinates which trace out the curves in my plot. For equal spacings on the x-axis (say once every 100 points), I want to label the line $x=100,n$ with a symbol.
I don't know how to do this. The documentation provided by Mathematica didn't help me. This doesn't seem like something done by just changing the ticks settings.
plotting labeling
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
asked 12 hours ago
migglemiggle
30016
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Provide sample data to work with
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– MarcoB
12 hours ago
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The curves can be anything. You can just plot a simple function if you like. This is just an illustration of how I want to format the axis, not real data.
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– miggle
11 hours ago
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I want to take a simple plot and change the x-axis so it appears to be measured in terms of certain symbols that are used in the physics literature. See the image below for an example.
I will rephrase this as follows: I have some set of numerical coordinates which trace out the curves in my plot. For equal spacings on the x-axis (say once every 100 points), I want to label the line $x=100,n$ with a symbol.
I don't know how to do this. The documentation provided by Mathematica didn't help me. This doesn't seem like something done by just changing the ticks settings.
plotting labeling
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
asked 12 hours ago
migglemiggle
30016
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I want to take a simple plot and change the x-axis so it appears to be measured in terms of certain symbols that are used in the physics literature. See the image below for an example.
I will rephrase this as follows: I have some set of numerical coordinates which trace out the curves in my plot. For equal spacings on the x-axis (say once every 100 points), I want to label the line $x=100,n$ with a symbol.
I don't know how to do this. The documentation provided by Mathematica didn't help me. This doesn't seem like something done by just changing the ticks settings.
plotting labeling
plotting labeling
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
asked 12 hours ago
migglemiggle
30016
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
asked 12 hours ago
migglemiggle
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edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
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edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
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88k872199
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migglemiggle
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asked 12 hours ago
migglemiggle
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asked 12 hours ago
migglemiggle
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30016
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Provide sample data to work with
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– MarcoB
12 hours ago
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The curves can be anything. You can just plot a simple function if you like. This is just an illustration of how I want to format the axis, not real data.
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– miggle
11 hours ago
add a comment |
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Provide sample data to work with
$endgroup$
– MarcoB
12 hours ago
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The curves can be anything. You can just plot a simple function if you like. This is just an illustration of how I want to format the axis, not real data.
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– miggle
11 hours ago
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Provide sample data to work with
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– MarcoB
12 hours ago
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Provide sample data to work with
$endgroup$
– MarcoB
12 hours ago
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The curves can be anything. You can just plot a simple function if you like. This is just an illustration of how I want to format the axis, not real data.
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– miggle
11 hours ago
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The curves can be anything. You can just plot a simple function if you like. This is just an illustration of how I want to format the axis, not real data.
$endgroup$
– miggle
11 hours ago
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This can be done using either Ticks if you're using axes or FrameTicks if you're using a frame on your plot. I made up a plot since I'm not sure the exact data matters.
Most of the code below is flair to make the graph look a bit nicer. The important bit is FrameTicks. I've told MMA to use its best judgement for 3 of the 4 sides of the graph. For plots, the order is usually {{left, right}, {bottom, top}}, though for certain things you can get away with only 2 arguments {x-argument, y-argument}.
For each side of the frame, FrameTicks is expecting a list of ticks and the label to put on those ticks, so in place of bottom from the above list, I would put something like {{x-value1, "x-label1"}, {x-value2, "x-label2"}, ...}. It is also possible to specify the lengths of the ticks in this way: {{x-value1, "x-label1", {insidelength1, outsidelength1}}, {x-value2, "x-label2", {insidelength2, outsidelength2}}, ...}.
Plot[
Piecewise[
{{-(x - 5)^2 + 50, 0 <= x <= 10},
{-(x - 10)^2 + 25, 10 < x < 15}}],
{x, 0, 15},
Axes -> False,
Frame -> {{True, False}, {True, False}},
FrameLabel -> {{"E (eV)", None}, {"k-space", None}},
FrameStyle -> Directive[16, Black],
FrameTicks ->
{{Automatic, Automatic}, {{{0, "K"}, {5, "Γ"}, {10, "M"}, {15, "K"}}, Automatic}},
ImageSize -> 500,
Epilog -> {
Dashing[{0.001, 0.01}],
Line[{{0, -1}, {0, 25}}],
Line[{{5, -1}, {5, 50}}],
Line[{{10, -1}, {10, 25}}],
Line[{{15, -1}, {15, 0}}]
}
]
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
answered 11 hours ago
MassDefectMassDefect
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Beautiful, thanks a lot! Much easier to understand in the context of using a frame.
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– miggle
11 hours ago
add a comment |
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This can be done using either Ticks if you're using axes or FrameTicks if you're using a frame on your plot. I made up a plot since I'm not sure the exact data matters.
Most of the code below is flair to make the graph look a bit nicer. The important bit is FrameTicks. I've told MMA to use its best judgement for 3 of the 4 sides of the graph. For plots, the order is usually {{left, right}, {bottom, top}}, though for certain things you can get away with only 2 arguments {x-argument, y-argument}.
For each side of the frame, FrameTicks is expecting a list of ticks and the label to put on those ticks, so in place of bottom from the above list, I would put something like {{x-value1, "x-label1"}, {x-value2, "x-label2"}, ...}. It is also possible to specify the lengths of the ticks in this way: {{x-value1, "x-label1", {insidelength1, outsidelength1}}, {x-value2, "x-label2", {insidelength2, outsidelength2}}, ...}.
Plot[
Piecewise[
{{-(x - 5)^2 + 50, 0 <= x <= 10},
{-(x - 10)^2 + 25, 10 < x < 15}}],
{x, 0, 15},
Axes -> False,
Frame -> {{True, False}, {True, False}},
FrameLabel -> {{"E (eV)", None}, {"k-space", None}},
FrameStyle -> Directive[16, Black],
FrameTicks ->
{{Automatic, Automatic}, {{{0, "K"}, {5, "Γ"}, {10, "M"}, {15, "K"}}, Automatic}},
ImageSize -> 500,
Epilog -> {
Dashing[{0.001, 0.01}],
Line[{{0, -1}, {0, 25}}],
Line[{{5, -1}, {5, 50}}],
Line[{{10, -1}, {10, 25}}],
Line[{{15, -1}, {15, 0}}]
}
]
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
answered 11 hours ago
MassDefectMassDefect
2,135311
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Beautiful, thanks a lot! Much easier to understand in the context of using a frame.
$endgroup$
– miggle
11 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
This can be done using either Ticks if you're using axes or FrameTicks if you're using a frame on your plot. I made up a plot since I'm not sure the exact data matters.
Most of the code below is flair to make the graph look a bit nicer. The important bit is FrameTicks. I've told MMA to use its best judgement for 3 of the 4 sides of the graph. For plots, the order is usually {{left, right}, {bottom, top}}, though for certain things you can get away with only 2 arguments {x-argument, y-argument}.
For each side of the frame, FrameTicks is expecting a list of ticks and the label to put on those ticks, so in place of bottom from the above list, I would put something like {{x-value1, "x-label1"}, {x-value2, "x-label2"}, ...}. It is also possible to specify the lengths of the ticks in this way: {{x-value1, "x-label1", {insidelength1, outsidelength1}}, {x-value2, "x-label2", {insidelength2, outsidelength2}}, ...}.
Plot[
Piecewise[
{{-(x - 5)^2 + 50, 0 <= x <= 10},
{-(x - 10)^2 + 25, 10 < x < 15}}],
{x, 0, 15},
Axes -> False,
Frame -> {{True, False}, {True, False}},
FrameLabel -> {{"E (eV)", None}, {"k-space", None}},
FrameStyle -> Directive[16, Black],
FrameTicks ->
{{Automatic, Automatic}, {{{0, "K"}, {5, "Γ"}, {10, "M"}, {15, "K"}}, Automatic}},
ImageSize -> 500,
Epilog -> {
Dashing[{0.001, 0.01}],
Line[{{0, -1}, {0, 25}}],
Line[{{5, -1}, {5, 50}}],
Line[{{10, -1}, {10, 25}}],
Line[{{15, -1}, {15, 0}}]
}
]
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
answered 11 hours ago
MassDefectMassDefect
2,135311
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Beautiful, thanks a lot! Much easier to understand in the context of using a frame.
$endgroup$
– miggle
11 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
This can be done using either Ticks if you're using axes or FrameTicks if you're using a frame on your plot. I made up a plot since I'm not sure the exact data matters.
Most of the code below is flair to make the graph look a bit nicer. The important bit is FrameTicks. I've told MMA to use its best judgement for 3 of the 4 sides of the graph. For plots, the order is usually {{left, right}, {bottom, top}}, though for certain things you can get away with only 2 arguments {x-argument, y-argument}.
For each side of the frame, FrameTicks is expecting a list of ticks and the label to put on those ticks, so in place of bottom from the above list, I would put something like {{x-value1, "x-label1"}, {x-value2, "x-label2"}, ...}. It is also possible to specify the lengths of the ticks in this way: {{x-value1, "x-label1", {insidelength1, outsidelength1}}, {x-value2, "x-label2", {insidelength2, outsidelength2}}, ...}.
Plot[
Piecewise[
{{-(x - 5)^2 + 50, 0 <= x <= 10},
{-(x - 10)^2 + 25, 10 < x < 15}}],
{x, 0, 15},
Axes -> False,
Frame -> {{True, False}, {True, False}},
FrameLabel -> {{"E (eV)", None}, {"k-space", None}},
FrameStyle -> Directive[16, Black],
FrameTicks ->
{{Automatic, Automatic}, {{{0, "K"}, {5, "Γ"}, {10, "M"}, {15, "K"}}, Automatic}},
ImageSize -> 500,
Epilog -> {
Dashing[{0.001, 0.01}],
Line[{{0, -1}, {0, 25}}],
Line[{{5, -1}, {5, 50}}],
Line[{{10, -1}, {10, 25}}],
Line[{{15, -1}, {15, 0}}]
}
]
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
answered 11 hours ago
MassDefectMassDefect
2,135311
$endgroup$
This can be done using either Ticks if you're using axes or FrameTicks if you're using a frame on your plot. I made up a plot since I'm not sure the exact data matters.
Most of the code below is flair to make the graph look a bit nicer. The important bit is FrameTicks. I've told MMA to use its best judgement for 3 of the 4 sides of the graph. For plots, the order is usually {{left, right}, {bottom, top}}, though for certain things you can get away with only 2 arguments {x-argument, y-argument}.
For each side of the frame, FrameTicks is expecting a list of ticks and the label to put on those ticks, so in place of bottom from the above list, I would put something like {{x-value1, "x-label1"}, {x-value2, "x-label2"}, ...}. It is also possible to specify the lengths of the ticks in this way: {{x-value1, "x-label1", {insidelength1, outsidelength1}}, {x-value2, "x-label2", {insidelength2, outsidelength2}}, ...}.
Plot[
Piecewise[
{{-(x - 5)^2 + 50, 0 <= x <= 10},
{-(x - 10)^2 + 25, 10 < x < 15}}],
{x, 0, 15},
Axes -> False,
Frame -> {{True, False}, {True, False}},
FrameLabel -> {{"E (eV)", None}, {"k-space", None}},
FrameStyle -> Directive[16, Black],
FrameTicks ->
{{Automatic, Automatic}, {{{0, "K"}, {5, "Γ"}, {10, "M"}, {15, "K"}}, Automatic}},
ImageSize -> 500,
Epilog -> {
Dashing[{0.001, 0.01}],
Line[{{0, -1}, {0, 25}}],
Line[{{5, -1}, {5, 50}}],
Line[{{10, -1}, {10, 25}}],
Line[{{15, -1}, {15, 0}}]
}
]
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
answered 11 hours ago
MassDefectMassDefect
2,135311
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
edited 5 hours ago
m_goldberg
88k872199
88k872199
answered 11 hours ago
MassDefectMassDefect
2,135311
answered 11 hours ago
MassDefectMassDefect
2,135311
answered 11 hours ago
MassDefectMassDefect
2,135311
2,135311
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Beautiful, thanks a lot! Much easier to understand in the context of using a frame.
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– miggle
11 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Beautiful, thanks a lot! Much easier to understand in the context of using a frame.
$endgroup$
– miggle
11 hours ago
$begingroup$
Beautiful, thanks a lot! Much easier to understand in the context of using a frame.
$endgroup$
– miggle
11 hours ago
$begingroup$
Beautiful, thanks a lot! Much easier to understand in the context of using a frame.
$endgroup$
– miggle
11 hours ago
add a comment |
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– MarcoB
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The curves can be anything. You can just plot a simple function if you like. This is just an illustration of how I want to format the axis, not real data.
$endgroup$
– miggle
11 hours ago