how to make the an object move

hi ,
iam studing computer science , and i have to present program on open gl,and i have no idea about it.the idea of the program is draw for function(any function e.g x^2+1)and there is ball or circle move on the draw .i hope that someone help me because we didn’t study open gl but we study introduction to graphics.

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