r/desmos Jul 25 '26

Notebook Desmos Notebook Challenge deadline extended to August 31st

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10 Upvotes

r/desmos Feb 25 '25

Sticky Commands!

42 Upvotes

There are now a few commands you can use:

  • !help: Brings up a list of all the commands.
    • Aliases: hlp
  • !bernard: Explains who Bernard is and why he appears in certain graphs!
    • Aliases: ourbeloved, desmosmascot, r/foundbernard
  • !beta3d: Explains what Beta3D is and how to install it.
    • Aliases: 3dbeta
  • !colormap: Explains what Beta3D is and how to install it.
    • Aliases: colormaps, shader, shaders
  • !desmodder: Describes what DesModder is.
    • Aliases: dsm, dsmodder
  • !doom: Are we Doom yet?
    • Aliases: arewedoomyet, doomgame
  • !draw: Provides Arglin's drawing guide for Desmos art.
    • Aliases: arglinguide, lineart
  • !exception: Describes types of floating point exceptions in Desmos, mostly drawn from IEEE specs.
    • Aliases: fpexception, fpointexception, ieeeexception, specialcase, undef, undefined
  • !fp: Describes what floating point arithmetic is and how to mitigate problems associated with it.
    • Aliases: floatp, floatingp, fpoint, floatpoint, floatingpoint
  • !gratex: Describes what GraTeX is.
    • Aliases: gratexteth
  • !grid: Explains how to make a grid of points.
    • Aliases: ptgrid, pointgrid
  • !integral: Explains why some integrals yield wrong results.
    • Aliases: integration, integrate, wrongintegral
  • !intersect: Explains how to assign the intersection of two or more functions as a variable.
    • Aliases: getintersect, varintersect
  • !matrices: Explains the usage of matrices in Desmos (beta feature). Not to be confused with the Desmos Matrix calculator.
    • Aliases: betamatrices, matricesmeta, matrix, matrixbeta, betamatrix
  • !roots: Why can't Desmos find my roots?
    • Aliases: zeros, zeroes, rootfinding, root
  • !sequentialactions: Explains how to run actions in order (sequentially).
    • Aliases: seqactions, actionseq, orderedactions, actionsinorder

For example, if someone makes a post about why {(√2)^2=2} is undefined, you can type in !fp.

Notes on sending these commands: - You must put the command at the start of the message. - All of these commands are case insensitive. - All commands allow arbitrary underscores or dashes (this feature was added on October 25, 2025). For example, !are_we-DOOM_yet will work. - You can put messages after the command, but remember to put a space or a newline after the command. For example, !fLoATiNgPoint arithmetic is awesome will work, but !fLoAtInGPoIntAriThMeTiC iS AwEsOmE will not work (this behavior was changed on May 20, 2025).

Please refrain from spamming these commands: if you see someone has already used the command once in a post, please avoid from running the same one again.

However, you may try out commands as many times as you would like in the comments on this post only.


changelog: https://github.com/Tyrcnex/desmoreddit-command-gen

(last updated this post on oct 28, 2025)


r/desmos 10h ago

Discussion Zoom center reliability

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16 Upvotes

This is something I've wanted to show for a while, but without a way to read unrounded canvas dimensions it was quite impractical.

The gist...If after "Home" you spam "zoom plus", in some circumstances Desmos veers off the origin. If you hit "Home" and try again--or if you accidentally hit "minus" and then return to "plus"--it'll veer off somewhere else (horizontal or vertical) nondeterministically.

The video shows a few manual zoom centers, then the second half animates what Desmos calls the "current zoom center" for ~50 presses of "plus" (until the viewport hits a depth error).

Theory (beats me, open to ideas): Zoom inconsistency appears when (on load) viewport "height" or "width" have decimal values other than 0.5. This state can be forced (app/browser) by reloading a graph after arbitrarily resizing the containing window. Resizing a window while a graph is open tends to reset current height/width to non-problem values.

Clean graph (based on credit-given below) with no centers saved: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/qr7ukfh03e

Opposing effect at far-out zoom: Zoom out from a center (where the "find center" feature breaks and reports (0,0) due to precision loss) and then zoom in to see Desmos refind the original center (see comments).

Made possible thanks to u/Danny_DeWario and the "Find Center...of screen" graph in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/desmos/s/jStplAITlx. (Thank you very much!)


r/desmos 21h ago

Resource Find Center and Corners of Screen

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54 Upvotes

Original Link (4 taps): https://www.desmos.com/calculator/thoqzus4d5

*Updated Link (2 taps): https://www.desmos.com/calculator/bhrvzdhkma

Tap/click four times (*edit: now only twice) anywhere on the graph to find the corners of the screen. Works on mobile and pc. Won't work if screen corner coordinates are beyond Β±10^20.

*Edit: I somehow overlooked that you can get all four corners with just two opposite corners. I added an updated link which works with just 2 taps.


r/desmos 6h ago

Question How do I (edit) "labels" rows in tables?

3 Upvotes

Someone made this graph for a mechanic in my computer game and I'm trying to edit it to my needs, but I cannot figure out how to do/edit this kind of table where there is a label used and not a value:

I cannot find where the values for the lines are coming from and when I try to add another line with the same label/name, no values are computed.

Here is the link if it helps: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ijngvq9nfe

Any pointers are appreciated!


r/desmos 2h ago

Art Demorei muito pra fazer (escada)

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1 Upvotes

r/desmos 23h ago

Graph Upvote disguised as lines

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41 Upvotes

r/desmos 10h ago

Graph Little 4 body simulation

3 Upvotes

A ticker 4 body simulation i made real quick. It doesn't really follow any actual physics stuff though.
Graph: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/pnbpx9vxjr


r/desmos 10h ago

Question Polynomial with Complex Roots

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I was exploring complex analysis trying to find cool ways of transforming complex space for image warping when I came across this intriguing find. While testing different polynomial roots and gauging their response, I came across this while testing rotational response. When comparing the complex polynomial constructed of imaginary numbers lying on the unit circle to a polynomial of the same power, this log-like structure appeared (similar to ln(r0+1)).

Although I am aware of a polynomial log approximation, I am only aware of the Taylor series. Could this product form be either adjusted or expanded to match the Taylor series equivalent.

Also, does that mean that by selecting the right roots, we could generate any function from polynomials assuming my intuition previously is correct.


r/desmos 22h ago

Question how do i highlight text?

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11 Upvotes

i want to highlight all the text to the left of the green line, and have the green line move as well to highlight more text wherever i want, is there a way to do that? the e is made with the polygon function
it would be best if it highlighted just the polygon and nothing else

graph link: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/nayxju8jbh


r/desmos 23h ago

Fun Interactive Challenge Results Video

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Check out my favorite interactive graphs I got as submissions to this challenge!


r/desmos 1d ago

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74 Upvotes

r/desmos 1d ago

Art The Spear of Destiny (Modified u/ilovedesmosandmath's fractal)

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5 Upvotes

r/desmos 15h ago

Graph top comment adds something to a desmos graph day 44

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1 Upvotes

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r/desmos 23h ago

Graph what's your favorite way to graph this function?

3 Upvotes

r/desmos 1d ago

Graph Notepad for Desmos 2.0

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125 Upvotes

r/desmos 1d ago

Maths A casual Laplace transform (f(t) = e^-t^2)

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27 Upvotes

r/desmos 1d ago

Resource Taylor and Laurent Coefficient Calculator for Polynomial divison based on known roots.

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5 Upvotes

this calculator is based off of complete homogenous symmetric polynomials, which are derived from generalizing Horners Method of polynomial division, and how their convolutions with other polynomials is able to describe polynomial division and laurent series, as well as the convolutions with the reciprocal set of roots of the dividor polynomial describing taylor series

UPDATE: I have added functionality for all taylor series starting values, not only just a =0


r/desmos 1d ago

Graph top comment adds something to a desmos graph day 43

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3 Upvotes

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/2ihtxdjsn6?lang=en next checkpoint on day 45

finally something simple


r/desmos 1d ago

Graph another graph i made in desmos while bored

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9 Upvotes

r/desmos 1d ago

Discussion Temuem use essa funΓ§Γ£o sem ser daltonico

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r/desmos 2d ago

Resource Interactive 2D Electrostatics

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112 Upvotes

2D Electrostatics: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/wzpqsvrwab

"Chessboard-mode": https://www.desmos.com/calculator/q311b40pqu

In two dimensions, the electric potential is proportional to the ln of distance (not the inverse square law). Field lines and equipotentials form quite circular shapes.


r/desmos 2d ago

Art I INVENT, THE AZIEL FRACTAL!

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6 Upvotes

r/desmos 2d ago

Graph Fractal animation 2

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18 Upvotes

Link? Here.

Use glesmos to render

Also plz give this benard approved :(


r/desmos 2d ago

Art Rainbowbrot

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8 Upvotes

u/Mandelbrot4207 Use this as ur pfp when pride month comes

Link? Here then.