## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} sombrero (@var{n})
##
## Draw a `sombrero' in three dimensions using @var{n} grid lines.  The
## function plotted is
##
## @example
##   z = sin (sqrt (x^2 + y^2)) / (sqrt (x^2 + y^2))
## @end example
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function sombrero (n)

  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("sombrero (n)");
  endif

  if (n > 1)
    x = y = linspace (-8, 8, n)';
    [xx, yy] = meshgrid (x, y);
    r = sqrt (xx .^ 2 + yy .^ 2) + eps;
    z = sin (r) ./ r;

    mesh (x, y, z);
  else
    error ("sombrero: number of grid lines must be greater than 1");
  endif

endfunction
