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<h4 class="subsection">15.1.8 Test Plotting Functions</h4>

<p>The functions <code>sombrero</code> and <code>peaks</code> provide a way to check
that plotting is working.  Typing either <code>sombrero</code> or <code>peaks</code>
at the Octave prompt should display a three-dimensional plot.

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&mdash; Function File:  <b>sombrero</b> (<var>n</var>)<var><a name="index-sombrero-1104"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Produce the familiar three-dimensional sombrero plot using <var>n</var>
grid lines.  If <var>n</var> is omitted, a value of 41 is assumed.

        <p>The function plotted is

     <pre class="example">          z = sin (sqrt (x^2 + y^2)) / (sqrt (x^2 + y^2))
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     <p class="noindent"><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="doc_002dsurf.html#doc_002dsurf">surf</a>, <a href="doc_002dmeshgrid.html#doc_002dmeshgrid">meshgrid</a>, <a href="doc_002dmesh.html#doc_002dmesh">mesh</a>. 
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&mdash; Function File:  <b>peaks</b> ()<var><a name="index-peaks-1105"></a></var><br>
&mdash; Function File:  <b>peaks</b> (<var>n</var>)<var><a name="index-peaks-1106"></a></var><br>
&mdash; Function File:  <b>peaks</b> (<var>x, y</var>)<var><a name="index-peaks-1107"></a></var><br>
&mdash; Function File: <var>z</var> = <b>peaks</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-peaks-1108"></a></var><br>
&mdash; Function File: [<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>] = <b>peaks</b> (<var><small class="dots">...</small></var>)<var><a name="index-peaks-1109"></a></var><br>
<blockquote><p>Generate a function with lots of local maxima and minima.  The function
has the form

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     f(x,y) = 3*(1-x)^2*exp(-x^2 - (y+1)^2) ...
              - 10*(x/5 - x^3 - y^5)*exp(-x^2-y^2) ...
              - 1/3*exp(-(x+1)^2 - y^2)
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        <p>Called without a return argument, <code>peaks</code> plots the surface of the
above function using <code>mesh</code>.  If <var>n</var> is a scalar, the <code>peaks</code>
returns the values of the above function on a <var>n</var>-by-<var>n</var> mesh over
the range <code>[-3,3]</code>.  The default value for <var>n</var> is 49.

        <p>If <var>n</var> is a vector, then it represents the <var>x</var> and <var>y</var> values
of the grid on which to calculate the above function.  The <var>x</var> and
<var>y</var> values can be specified separately. 
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     <p class="noindent"><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="doc_002dsurf.html#doc_002dsurf">surf</a>, <a href="doc_002dmesh.html#doc_002dmesh">mesh</a>, <a href="doc_002dmeshgrid.html#doc_002dmeshgrid">meshgrid</a>. 
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