\documentclass[varwidth=false, border=2pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tkz-fct} \usetikzlibrary{arrows} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ legend pos=north west, axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, grid = major, width=16cm, height=8cm, grid style={dashed, gray!30}, xmin=-1, % start the diagram at this x-coordinate xmax= 1, % end the diagram at this x-coordinate ymin= 0, % start the diagram at this y-coordinate ymax= 1, % end the diagram at this y-coordinate %axis background/.style={fill=white}, xlabel=x, ylabel=y, tick align=outside, enlargelimits=false] % plot the stirling-formulae \addplot[domain=-1:1, red, ultra thick,samples=500] {1/(1+exp(-5*x))}; \addplot[domain=-1:1, blue, ultra thick,samples=500] {1/(1+exp(-10*x))}; \addlegendentry{$f(x)=\frac{1}{1+e^{-5x}}$} \addlegendentry{$g(x)=\frac{1}{1+e^{-10x}}$} \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}