import numpy as np from random import random, seed # Make data. x = np.arange(0, 1, 0.5) y = np.arange(0, 1, 0.5) x, y = np.meshgrid(x,y) def FrankeFunction(x,y): term1 = 0.75*np.exp(-(0.25*(9*x-2)**2) - 0.25*((9*y-2)**2)) term2 = 0.75*np.exp(-((9*x+1)**2)/49.0 - 0.1*(9*y+1)) term3 = 0.5*np.exp(-(9*x-7)**2/4.0 - 0.25*((9*y-3)**2)) term4 = -0.2*np.exp(-(9*x-4)**2 - (9*y-7)**2) return term1 + term2 + term3 + term4 def create_X(x, y, n ): if len(x.shape) > 1: x = np.ravel(x) y = np.ravel(y) N = len(x) l = int((n+1)*(n+2)/2) # Number of elements in beta X = np.ones((N,l)) for i in range(1,n+1): q = int((i)*(i+1)/2) for k in range(i+1): X[:,q+k] = (x**(i-k))*(y**k) return X # Making meshgrid of datapoints and compute Franke's function p = 2 z = FrankeFunction(x, y) X = create_X(x, y, p) print(X)