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Is it possible to generate a plot in Mathematica 8 and then somehow export the data so that I can plot it using TikZ? I do not like how Mathematica's plots are rendered and would like to use proper LaTeX fonts.

This is not a simple case of just plotting a simple function, i.e. I might as well just type the plot commands in TikZ; The generated expressions I want to plot are fairly horrible and long.

EDIT: Currently in Mathematica I do something like:

Plot[ RecurrenceTable[ ... ] {w, 0, 10} ]

Where I am calculating the recurrence table of a coupled set of non-linear recurrence relations up to some n. Each term is a function of w. I hope this is helpful. I doubt that I want to do the calculation using TeX.

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  • Do you have trouble importing your data from Mathematica or replotting them via TikZ? Commented Sep 10, 2011 at 14:50
  • What type of plot are you going to make? An 1d line plot? scatter? 2d surface plots? In case of 2d: is orthogonal projection sufficient? In any of these cases, pgfplots might be of help - where it would probably be the best approach to import table data into pgfplots (nonlinear systems of equations are unsupported ;-) ). Commented Sep 10, 2011 at 19:06
  • Export the plot data as a text (csv for example) file, say col x and col y, and then import into latex? Commented Sep 11, 2011 at 7:06
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    I have asked a similar question in mathematica.stackexchange.com mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/2377/… Commented Feb 27, 2012 at 11:33

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Well, ideally, if you use TikZ + PGFPlots, then you can basically do many things. We might elaborate if you have a particular example in mind.

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There is always the round-about way with exporting the entire graphic as an EPS. Then, using psfrag or psfragx, you can substitute tags or labels in the rendered EPS with LaTeX text; almost like a search-and-replace.

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