是峰函数，peaks（30）是产生30×30的guassian分布矩阵，你可以去查查，它的help说的很明白
看看源程序就明白了。
>> type peaks
function [xz,y,z] = peaks(arg1,arg2)
%PEAKS A sample function of two variables.
% PEAKS is a function of two variables, obtained by translating and
% scaling Gaussian distributions, which is useful for demonstrating
% MESH, SURF, PCOLOR, CONTOUR, etc.
% There are several variants of the calling sequence:
%
% Z = PEAKS;
% Z = PEAKS(N);
% Z = PEAKS(V);
% Z = PEAKS(X,Y);
%
% PEAKS;
% PEAKS(N);
% PEAKS(V);
% PEAKS(X,Y);
%
% [X,Y,Z] = PEAKS;
% [X,Y,Z] = PEAKS(N);
% [X,Y,Z] = PEAKS(V);
%
% The first variant produces a 49-by-49 matrix.
% The second variant produces an N-by-N matrix.
% The third variant produces an N-by-N matrix where N = length(V).
% The fourth variant evaluates the function at the given X and Y,
% which must be the same size. The resulting Z is also that size.
%
% The next four variants, with no output arguments, do a SURF
% plot of the result.
%
% The last three variants also produce two matrices, X and Y, for
% use in commands such as PCOLOR(X,Y,Z) or SURF(X,Y,Z,DEL2(Z)).
%
% If not given as input, the underlying matrices X and Y are
% [X,Y] = MESHGRID(V,V)
% where V is a given vector, or V is a vector of length N with
% elements equally spaced from -3 to 3. If no input argument is
% given, the default N is 49.
% CBM, 2-1-92, 8-11-92, 4-30-94.
% Copyright 1984-2006 The MathWorks, Inc.
% $Revision: 5.10.4.3 $ $Date: 2006/06/27 23:02:56 $
if nargin == 0
dx = 1/8;
[x,y] = meshgrid(-3:dx:3);
elseif nargin == 1
if length(arg1) == 1
[x,y] = meshgrid(linspace(-3,3,arg1));
else
[x,y] = meshgrid(arg1,arg1);
end
else
x = arg1; y = arg2;
end
z = 3*(1-x).^2.*exp(-(x.^2) - (y+1).^2) ...
- 10*(x/5 - x.^3 - y.^5).*exp(-x.^2-y.^2) ...
- 1/3*exp(-(x+1).^2 - y.^2);
if nargout > 1
xz = x;
elseif nargout == 1
xz = z;
else
% Self demonstration
disp(' ')
disp('z = 3*(1-x).^2.*exp(-(x.^2) - (y+1).^2) ... ')
disp(' - 10*(x/5 - x.^3 - y.^5).*exp(-x.^2-y.^2) ... ')
disp(' - 1/3*exp(-(x+1).^2 - y.^2) ')
disp(' ')
surf(x,y,z)
axis('tight')
xlabel('x'), ylabel('y'), title('Peaks')
end
peaks是Matlab内置的，常用于做演示使用的函数，特别是绘制三维图形的时候
peaks函数根据输入参数不同，返回一个山峰的三维坐标数据
因为突然要我们找一个合适的三维数据还真有些不太方便，而此时通过这个peaks数据我们可以演示一些三维的绘图或处理，比如
等高线、网格图、曲面图等