\begin{tikzpicture}[line cap=round,line join=round,>=triangle 45,x=1cm,y=1cm] \begin{axis}[ x=1cm,y=1cm, axis lines=middle, xmin=-5, xmax=5, ymin=-1.4, ymax=5, ytick={-1,...,4}, xtick={-3,...,3}, xlabel=$x$, ylabel=$y$, ] \addplot[domain=0.5:4, blue, line width=1,samples=50] {1/(x^2)}; \addplot[domain=-4:-0.5, blue, line width=1,samples=50] {1/(x^2)}; \node[] at (axis cs:2.5,2.5) {$\displaystyle y=\frac{1}{x^2}\; (x \neq 0)$}; \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture}