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Introduction to Matlab

Introduction to Matlab

Contents

Contents

1  Introduction.
    1.1  Learning Matlab
    1.2  Further References
    1.3  Starting Matlab
    1.4  Typing Commands
2  Simple Calculations
    2.1  Basic Arithmetic.
    2.2  Complex Numbers.
3  Help in Matlab
    3.1  The Help Command
    3.2  The Help Window
    3.3  The Help Desk
4  Simple Plots of Functions
    4.1  2D Plots
    4.2  3D Plots.
5  Plotting Lines and Data
    5.1  Adding a Line
    5.2  Hints for Good Graphs
          Plot data as points
          Choose a good scale
6  Matrices and Vectors
    6.1  Solving Equations.
    6.2  Matrices and Vectors.
    6.3  Creating Matrices
    6.4  Systems of Equations
    6.5  Polynomials
7  Graphs
    7.1  Component Arithmetic
    7.2  Printing Graphs
    7.3  Graphs in Reports
    7.4  Saving Graphs
    7.5  Advanced Graphics
8  3D Graphics
    8.1  3D Basics
    8.2  Advanced Options
9  Functions
    9.1  Writing a Function
    9.2  Notes on Functions
          Code is private
          Use . operators
          Other editors
10  Using Functions
    10.1  1D Minimization.
          Accuracy
    10.2  Finding Zeros
    10.3  Integration.
          Accuracy
11  Differential Equations.
    11.1  Scalar ODE's
    11.2  Order 2 ODE's
12  A Small Assignment
    12.1  Model Answer
13  Larger Projects
    13.1  M-Files.
    13.2  Some Programming
    13.3  More Programming
    13.4  Saving to Floppies.
14  Command Summary

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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