import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.animation as animation %matplotlib inline def updatefig(i): fig = plt.gcf() ax = plt.gca() ax.plot(i,i, "o") updatefig(10) # works plt.figure() # ...

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.animation as animation def update(coordinates): return [plt.scatter(x=coordinates[0], y=coordinates[1])] if __name__ ...