Graphing arcsin(x)

[Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute)]

Djones9976 via texhax wrote:

> Can someone please tell me how to plot a graph of arcsin(x).  I can 
> plot arccos(x) and arctan(x) using the codes below, but all I get is a 
> blank when I try to plot arcsin.  I read somewhere that postscript 
> only recognizes arctan(x) but I don't know if that is my problem.  As 
> you will see from this code, I am trying to avoid tikz because so much 
> other code is written without it and putting them together just 
> confuses the issue.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> D. W. Jones
> djones9976 at aol.com

I tried to investigate, but without any clue as to what packages are 
required to permit the use of (e.g.,) \begin {figure}, my investigation 
fell over at the first fence :.

> \documentclass {minimal}
>
> \begin {document}
>
> \begin{figure}
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.23 (TeX Live 2021/W32TeX) 
> (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>
> restricted \write18 enabled.
>
> entering extended mode
>
> (./untitled-1.tex
>
> LaTeX2e <2021-06-01> patch level 1
>
> L3 programming layer <2021-07-12>
>
> (d:/TeX/Live/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/minimal.cls
>
> Document Class: minimal 2001/05/25 Standard LaTeX minimal class
>
> ) (d:/TeX/Live/2021/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-pdftex.def)
>
> No file untitled-1.aux.
>
>
> ! LaTeX Error: Environment figure undefined.
>
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
>
> Type H <return> for immediate help.
>
> ...
>
> l.3 \begin{figure}
>
> ?
>

-- 
/Philip Taylor/
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