Plotting 2-D Gradient Fields
First define a scalar field to take the gradient of:
> f:=x^2*y-y^3;
Maple's "gradplot" command will take the gradient of f and plot the resulting vector field:
> gradplot(f,x=-2..2,y=-2..2,scaling=constrained,axes=frame,thickness=2,arrows=slim,color=cyan);
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