+# Graphics.SHOW_OPTIONS contains the default options that will be
+# passed to show(). It already handles merging the user-specified
+# options, so we just tap into that power.
+show_opts = sage.plot.graphics.Graphics.SHOW_OPTIONS
+show_opts['tick_formatter'] = 'latex'
+
+# Save the default plot() function so that we can call it within
+# mjo_plot and not die of recursion.