\documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{nopageno} \pgfplotsset{compat=newest} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis} \addplot +[no markers, raw gnuplot, thick, empty line = jump ] gnuplot { set contour base; set cntrparam levels discrete 0.003; unset surface; set view map; set isosamples 500; splot x**3-3*x+3-y**2; }; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}