subplot(2,2,2); x=-pi/2:pi/10:pi/2; y=sqrt(cos(x)); plot(x,y); subplot(2,2,3); x=-2:0.1:2; y=-4:0.1:4; [x,y]=meshgrid(x,y); z=x.^2/4+y.^2/16; surf(x,y,z)