How to plot level curves
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I have an equation Z = exp(-0.5.*((X-800)./40).^2).*cos(2*pi.*Y*1000./X).
I want to plot level curves of Y from -100 to 100 against X from 700 to 900 for Z = -1 to 1. The graph is supposed to look like the one below.

I have tried surf but it's ignoring the axis limits I set. I also don't know how to set Z to different values.
[X,Y] = meshgrid(700:1:900,-100:1:100);
Z = exp(-0.5.*((X-800)./40).^2)*cos(2*pi.*Y*1000./X);
surf(Z)
Any help is appreciated!
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VBBV
on 31 Aug 2024
@Irene Zhou there is a missing element wise product operator for the equation in your code.
[X,Y] = meshgrid(linspace(700,900,100),linspace(-100,100,100));
Z = exp(-0.5.*((X-800)./40).^2).*cos(2*pi.*Y*1000./X);
% missed a element wise product operator
levels = 50;
contour(X,(Y),Z,levels)
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