\definecolor{ublue}{rgb}{0.152,0.250,0.545} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ name=s1, width=7cm, height=4.5cm, xtick={-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4}, ytick={0,1,...,4}, xticklabel style={opacity=0}, yticklabel style={opacity=0}, xlabel={$w$}, ylabel={$L(w)$}, axis line style={->,very thick}, xlabel style={xshift=2.2cm,yshift=1.2cm}, ylabel style={rotate=-90,xshift=1.5cm,yshift=1.6cm}, tick align=inside, axis y line*=left, axis x line*=bottom, tick style={opacity=0}, xmin=-4, xmax=4, ymin=0, ymax=4.5] \addplot [dashed,ublue,thick] {x^2/4}; \addplot [quiver={u=1,v=x/2,scale arrows = 0.25},domain=-4:-0.3,->,samples=10,red!60,ultra thick] {x^2/4}; \addplot [draw=ublue,fill=red,mark=*] coordinates{(0,0)}; \end{axis} \begin{axis}[ at={(s1.south)}, anchor=south, xshift=6cm, yshift=0cm, width=7cm, height=4.5cm, xtick={-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4}, ytick={0,1,...,4}, xticklabel style={opacity=0}, yticklabel style={opacity=0}, xlabel={$w$}, ylabel={$L(w)$}, axis line style={->,very thick}, xlabel style={xshift=2.2cm,yshift=1.2cm}, ylabel style={rotate=-90,xshift=1.5cm,yshift=1.6cm}, tick align=inside, axis y line*=left, axis x line*=bottom, tick style={opacity=0}, xmin=-4, xmax=4, ymin=0, ymax=4.5] \addplot [dashed,ublue,thick] {x^2/4}; \addplot [quiver={u=-x-(x/abs(x))*(1+x^2-4)^(1/2),v=-0.7},domain=-4:3.6,->,samples=2,red!60,ultra thick] {x^2/4}; \addplot [quiver={u=-x-(x/abs(x))*(1+x^2-4)^(1/2),v=-0.7},domain=-3.13:2.6,->,samples=2,red!60,ultra thick] {x^2/4}; \addplot [draw=ublue,fill=red,mark=*] coordinates{(0,0)}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture}