set term qt font 'serif,14' set xlabel "y" set ylabel "x" h(x) = 3*x**2 a = 0.7 d = 0.05 set arrow nohead from a, h(0) to a, h(a) ls 2 set arrow nohead from a+d, h(0) to a+d, h(a+d) ls 2 set arrow nohead from 0, h(a) to a, h(a) ls 2 set arrow nohead from 0, h(a+d) to a+d, h(a+d) ls 2 plot [0:1] h(x)