Drawing a curve tangent to a line












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I'd like to draw a set of curves, each tangent to a different point on a given line. The requirement is that the curves are convex and downward sloping.



In the following MWE, I use the to[out=<x>,in=<y>] operation to manually adjust the slope of the curves so that they appear to be tangent at the desired point. This requires a lot of trial-and-errors and the result is not ideal. Is there a better way to draw such curves?



MWE



documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}
foreach i in {1,2,3,4}{
draw[thick](0,4.5)--(7,0)coordinate[pos=i/5](i);
fill(i)circle[radius=2pt]node[below left]{pt i};
draw[red](i)to[out=140,in=-80]++(-1,1.5) (i)to[out=-25,in=170]++(1.25,-.4);
}
draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}


enter image description here










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    I'd like to draw a set of curves, each tangent to a different point on a given line. The requirement is that the curves are convex and downward sloping.



    In the following MWE, I use the to[out=<x>,in=<y>] operation to manually adjust the slope of the curves so that they appear to be tangent at the desired point. This requires a lot of trial-and-errors and the result is not ideal. Is there a better way to draw such curves?



    MWE



    documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
    begin{document}
    begin{tikzpicture}
    foreach i in {1,2,3,4}{
    draw[thick](0,4.5)--(7,0)coordinate[pos=i/5](i);
    fill(i)circle[radius=2pt]node[below left]{pt i};
    draw[red](i)to[out=140,in=-80]++(-1,1.5) (i)to[out=-25,in=170]++(1.25,-.4);
    }
    draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
    end{tikzpicture}
    end{document}


    enter image description here










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      I'd like to draw a set of curves, each tangent to a different point on a given line. The requirement is that the curves are convex and downward sloping.



      In the following MWE, I use the to[out=<x>,in=<y>] operation to manually adjust the slope of the curves so that they appear to be tangent at the desired point. This requires a lot of trial-and-errors and the result is not ideal. Is there a better way to draw such curves?



      MWE



      documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
      begin{document}
      begin{tikzpicture}
      foreach i in {1,2,3,4}{
      draw[thick](0,4.5)--(7,0)coordinate[pos=i/5](i);
      fill(i)circle[radius=2pt]node[below left]{pt i};
      draw[red](i)to[out=140,in=-80]++(-1,1.5) (i)to[out=-25,in=170]++(1.25,-.4);
      }
      draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
      end{tikzpicture}
      end{document}


      enter image description here










      share|improve this question














      I'd like to draw a set of curves, each tangent to a different point on a given line. The requirement is that the curves are convex and downward sloping.



      In the following MWE, I use the to[out=<x>,in=<y>] operation to manually adjust the slope of the curves so that they appear to be tangent at the desired point. This requires a lot of trial-and-errors and the result is not ideal. Is there a better way to draw such curves?



      MWE



      documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
      begin{document}
      begin{tikzpicture}
      foreach i in {1,2,3,4}{
      draw[thick](0,4.5)--(7,0)coordinate[pos=i/5](i);
      fill(i)circle[radius=2pt]node[below left]{pt i};
      draw[red](i)to[out=140,in=-80]++(-1,1.5) (i)to[out=-25,in=170]++(1.25,-.4);
      }
      draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
      end{tikzpicture}
      end{document}


      enter image description here







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          You could use decorations.marking, which transforms you automatically in tangent space. Then you just need to draw a curve which has slope 0 at (0,0).



          documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}[touching curve at/.style={postaction=decorate,
          decoration={markings,mark=at position #1 with
          {draw[touching] (-1,0.5) to[out=-45,in=180] (0,0) to[out=0,in=-135] (1,0.5);}}},
          touching/.style={red}]
          draw[thick,touching curve at/.list={1/5,2/5,3/5,4/5}](0,4.5)--(7,0);
          draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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            Awesome! Thank you very much!

            – Herr K.
            3 hours ago











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          You could use decorations.marking, which transforms you automatically in tangent space. Then you just need to draw a curve which has slope 0 at (0,0).



          documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}[touching curve at/.style={postaction=decorate,
          decoration={markings,mark=at position #1 with
          {draw[touching] (-1,0.5) to[out=-45,in=180] (0,0) to[out=0,in=-135] (1,0.5);}}},
          touching/.style={red}]
          draw[thick,touching curve at/.list={1/5,2/5,3/5,4/5}](0,4.5)--(7,0);
          draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


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            Awesome! Thank you very much!

            – Herr K.
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          You could use decorations.marking, which transforms you automatically in tangent space. Then you just need to draw a curve which has slope 0 at (0,0).



          documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}[touching curve at/.style={postaction=decorate,
          decoration={markings,mark=at position #1 with
          {draw[touching] (-1,0.5) to[out=-45,in=180] (0,0) to[out=0,in=-135] (1,0.5);}}},
          touching/.style={red}]
          draw[thick,touching curve at/.list={1/5,2/5,3/5,4/5}](0,4.5)--(7,0);
          draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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            Awesome! Thank you very much!

            – Herr K.
            3 hours ago














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          You could use decorations.marking, which transforms you automatically in tangent space. Then you just need to draw a curve which has slope 0 at (0,0).



          documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}[touching curve at/.style={postaction=decorate,
          decoration={markings,mark=at position #1 with
          {draw[touching] (-1,0.5) to[out=-45,in=180] (0,0) to[out=0,in=-135] (1,0.5);}}},
          touching/.style={red}]
          draw[thick,touching curve at/.list={1/5,2/5,3/5,4/5}](0,4.5)--(7,0);
          draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer













          You could use decorations.marking, which transforms you automatically in tangent space. Then you just need to draw a curve which has slope 0 at (0,0).



          documentclass[border=2pt,tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}[touching curve at/.style={postaction=decorate,
          decoration={markings,mark=at position #1 with
          {draw[touching] (-1,0.5) to[out=-45,in=180] (0,0) to[out=0,in=-135] (1,0.5);}}},
          touching/.style={red}]
          draw[thick,touching curve at/.list={1/5,2/5,3/5,4/5}](0,4.5)--(7,0);
          draw[<->](0,5)node[left]{$y$}--(0,0)--(8,0)node[below]{$x$};
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here







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