Plotting 4dimentional data error

Hi all I'm trying to plot the data to see the global minimum point. I'm presented with the equation

C = (1.10471.*((Z).^2)*((X).^2))+(0.0481*(Y*Z)*14*X);

my first issue is that when I try to produce a plot of this I get the error

??? Error using ==> mtimes Inputs must be 2-D, or at least one input must be scalar.

Error in ==> Untitled4 at 5 C = (1.10471.*((Z).^2)*((X).^2))+(0.0481*(Y*Z)*14*X);

My code is x = -10:1:10; y = -10:1:10; z = -10:1:10; [X,Y,Z] = meshgrid(x,y,z); C = (1.10471.*((Z).^2)*((X).^2))+(0.0481*(Y*Z)*14*X); surf(X,Y,Z,C); hold on; axis([-10 10 -10 10 10 10]);

Many thanks

Answer 1

[james]

I changed my code to allow for this and still get the mistake!

x = -9:1:10; 
y = -9:1:10;
z = -9:1:10;
[X,Y,Z] = meshgrid(x,y,z);
C = (1.10471.*((Z).^2)*((X).^2))+(0.0481*(Y.*Z)*14*X);
surf(X,Y,Z,C);
hold on;
axis([-10 10 -10 10 10 10]);

[Walter Roberson]

C = (1.10471.*((Z).^2) .* ((X).^2))+(0.0481*(Y.*Z)*14*X);

Answer 2

[Sean de Wolski]

))+(0.0481*(Y*Z)*14*X);
))+(0.0481*(Y.*Z)*14*X);

Note difference:

doc vectorize

to avoid these errors in the future.

[james]

Should this be done after every vector?

[Sean de Wolski]

Whenever you get a error using {mtimes, mrdivide, mpower, mldivide}

and you don't want to be doing element-by-element multiplication.