A 3D surface plot of a mathematical function.
Rendering
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.17}\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
view={60}{30},
xlabel=$x$, ylabel=$y$, zlabel=$z$,
]
\addplot3[surf, domain=-2:2, domain y=-2:2, samples=25] {exp(-(x^2+y^2))};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}