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%%  A DANTE-Edition example
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%%  Example 03-00-2 on page 32.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{pstricks,pst-plot}

\begin{document}
\psset{xunit=2,plotpoints=200,
 plotstyle=dots}
\begin{pspicture}(-1.1,-3.5)(1.2,3.1)
 \psaxes[Dx=0.5]{->}%
   (0,0)(-1,-3.5)(1.2,3)[$x$,-90][$y$,0]
 \rput[l](0.2,2){$f(x)=\arccos x$}
 \psset{yunit=2,xunit=0.5,swapaxes=true}
 \psplot[linecolor=red]{-3.1415}{0}%
   {x RadtoDeg cos}
 \psplot[plotstyle=dots,plotpoints=10]%
     {0}{1.5707}{x RadtoDeg cos}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}