Reputation: 21
I'm trying to graph a simple 2D Gaussian in MATLAB using the surf function, but I'm getting an error saying that the last value in surf must be a matrix and not a vector. I don't understand how to graph the function then as every other example I've found while searching has had the third value as a vector. I feel as if I'm completely off base here with the surf function. Any ideas?
amp = 10;
x0 = 0;
y0 = 0;
sigmaX = 10
sigmaY = 10
X = 1:1:100;
Y = 1:1:100;
Z = amp*exp(-(X-x0).^2/(2*sigmaX^2)+(Y-y0).^2/(2*sigmaY^2));
disp(size(Z))
surf(X, Y, Z);
Edit
When I plot this using @Suever's answer, I get something that doesn't look like a Gaussian at all.
amp = 1;
x0 = 0;
y0 = 0;
sigmaX = 1;
sigmaY = 1;
%X = 1:1:100;
%Y = 1:1:100;
[X,Y] = meshgrid(-3:.1:3);
%Z = X .* exp(-X.^2 - Y.^2);
Z = amp*exp(-(X-x0).^2/(2*sigmaX^2)+(Y-y0).^2/(2*sigmaY^2));
surf(X, Y, Z);
Upvotes: 0
Views: 179
Reputation: 65460
You have used X
and Y
to define a 2D domain over which you would like to compute your gaussian. If you want Z
to be a function of X
and Y
, you need to define Z
for all permutations of X
and Y
. If you don't provide a matrix of Z
values, MATLAB has no idea how to create a surface over the X
Y
ranges you've provided.
You can create all permutations of X
and Y
using meshgrid
and then compute Z
over this entire domain. Then you will be able to display the result with surf
.
amp = 10; x0 = 50; y0 = 50; sigmaX = 10; sigmaY = 10;
[X, Y] = meshgrid(1:100, 1:100);
% Z as you had it written (see correct version below)
Z = amp*exp(-(X-x0).^2./(2*sigmaX^2)+(Y-y0).^2./(2*sigmaY^2));
surf(X, Y, Z);
Update
Your equation for the 2D Gaussian is wrong. The -
sign should be outside of the addition of the two components. The way that you had it written, you negated the X-component and then added to the Y component.
Z = amp*exp(-((X-x0).^2./(2*sigmaX^2)+(Y-y0).^2./(2*sigmaY^2)));
Upvotes: 2