A Greeting from a Surface Plot

modify equation

cos(cx)

-a

2

x

-b

2

y



+

-d

2

(e+x)

+f

2

y





a

1

b

0.5

c

4

d

3

e

0.5

f

0.5

plot properties

x range

3

y range

5

z range

0.001

color scheme

Rainbow

clipping color

show legend

positive z values only

Even relatively simple functions can contain a lot of structure. For example, if you look at the plot of this function with certain settings, it contains a message; at other settings it does not look interesting at all.