Non-Cartesian plots

We will begin by importing all the necessary packages, as follows:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
# Set up figure size and DPI for screen demo
plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (6,4)
plt.rcParams['figure.dpi'] = 150

Creating polar axes

First, we will bring up a simple plot with the following code:

nums = np.arange(0,10,0.1)
plt.plot(nums, nums/10.)
plt.plot(nums, np.sin(nums))
plt.plot(nums, np.cos(nums))

The preceding code will give the following output:

The preceding output shows a sine and cosine plot, with a linear plot alongside it. We will take a look at the cosine and sine plot, but not as a function of its linear length....