The authors discuss essentials onfunctions and methods of plotting their graphs using the methods of calculus. They emphasize methods used to plot graphs of functions that are defined implicitly and in a parametric form; methods for making plots in polar coordinates; and plotting graphs of remarkable curves, special functions, and other oddities. They begin with general information about the notion of a function and methods of plotting graphs of functions without using derivatives. They also deal with the methods of studying functions and plotting their graphs with the use of calculus. Richly...