imshow_ex.py

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) 2015, Nicolas P. Rougier. All Rights Reserved.
# Distributed under the (new) BSD License. See LICENSE.txt for more info.
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

def f(x,y):
    return (1-x/2+x**5+y**3)*np.exp(-x**2-y**2)

n = 10
x = np.linspace(-3,3,3.5*n)
y = np.linspace(-3,3,3.0*n)
X,Y = np.meshgrid(x,y)
Z = f(X,Y)

plt.axes([0.025,0.025,0.95,0.95])
plt.imshow(Z,interpolation='bicubic', cmap='bone', origin='lower')
plt.colorbar(shrink=.92)

plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
# savefig('../figures/imshow_ex.png', dpi=48)
plt.show()