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 Below are two sample codes for making contour plots of a
-function of two variables.
+function of two variables. In the first sample code, the
+function $f(x,y) = x^2 + y^2$ is expressed as a function
+of two separate scalar variables x and y.
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+The second script suggests a good initial guess for zeros of
+the function
+<latex>
+f\left(\begin{array}{c} x_1 \\ x_2 \end{array}}\right) =
+\left(\begin{array}{l} x_1^2 + x_2^2 - 7 \\ x_1^{-1} - x_2 \end{array} \right)
+</latex>
+i.e. points $x$ for which $f(x) = 0$. The script plots contour lines near $f_1=0$ and $f_2=0$.
+The intersection of these curves are points where both components of $f$ are near zero, and
+so serve as good guesses for a Newton search.
 <code>