MATLAB student version: learning MATLAB version 5.3 (release 11)

Staff- MathWorks Inc.0967219515, 9780967219516

Paperback MathWorks, Incorporated, The January 1999

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Table of contents :
Introduction……Page 11
Student Use Policy……Page 12
MATLAB Differences……Page 13
Simulink Differences……Page 14
Patches and Updates……Page 15
Getting Started with MATLAB……Page 16
Finding Reference Information……Page 17
Accessing the Online Documentation……Page 18
MathWorks Store……Page 19
Product Registration……Page 20
Toolboxes……Page 21
The MATLAB Application Program Interface (API)…….Page 22
What Is Simulink?……Page 23
Installation……Page 25
MATLAB and Simulink……Page 26
MEX-Files……Page 27
Installing MATLAB……Page 28
Accessing the Online Documentation (Help Desk)……Page 29
MEX-Files……Page 31
Installing the Software……Page 32
Unsuccessful Installation……Page 37
Accessing the Online Documentation (Help Desk)……Page 38
Getting Started……Page 41
Starting MATLAB……Page 42
Matrices and Magic Squares……Page 43
Entering Matrices……Page 44
sum, transpose, and diag……Page 45
Subscripts……Page 47
The Colon Operator……Page 48
The magic Function……Page 49
Numbers……Page 51
Functions……Page 52
Expressions……Page 54
Generating Matrices……Page 55
M-Files……Page 56
Concatenation……Page 57
Deleting Rows and Columns……Page 58
Linear Algebra……Page 59
Arrays……Page 62
Multivariate Data……Page 64
Scalar Expansion……Page 65
Logical Subscripting……Page 66
The find Function……Page 67
The format Command……Page 69
Suppressing Output……Page 70
Command Line Editing……Page 71
The Workspace……Page 73
The Search Path……Page 74
Running External Programs……Page 75
The Help Desk……Page 77
The doc Command……Page 78
The help Command……Page 79
The lookfor Command……Page 80
Link to the MathWorks……Page 81
Graphics……Page 83
Creating a Plot……Page 84
Multiple Data Sets in One Graph……Page 85
Specifying Line Styles and Colors……Page 86
Plotting Lines and Markers……Page 87
Imaginary and Complex Data……Page 88
Adding Plots to an Existing Graph……Page 89
Multiple Plots in One Figure……Page 91
Setting Axis Aspect Ratio……Page 93
Axis Labels and Titles……Page 94
Annotating Plots Using the Plot Editor……Page 95
Example – Graphing the sinc Function……Page 97
Example – Colored Surface Plots……Page 98
Surface Plots with Lighting……Page 99
Images……Page 101
Using the Print Command……Page 103
Graphics Objects……Page 105
Object Hierarchy……Page 106
Commands for Working with Objects……Page 107
Setting Properties of Existing Objects……Page 108
Setting Multiple Property Values……Page 109
Finding the Handles of Existing Objects……Page 110
Using findobj as an Argument……Page 111
Graphical User Interface Design Tools……Page 112
Erase Mode Method……Page 113
Creating Movies……Page 114
Programming with MATLAB……Page 117
if……Page 118
for……Page 120
break……Page 121
Multidimensional Arrays……Page 123
Cell Arrays……Page 125
Characters and Text……Page 127
Structures……Page 130
Scripts……Page 133
Functions……Page 135
Global Variables……Page 136
Building Strings on the Fly……Page 137
The eval Function……Page 138
Preallocation……Page 139
Function Functions……Page 140
Demonstration Programs Included with MATLAB……Page 143
Symbolic Math Toolbox……Page 151
Introduction……Page 152
Getting Help……Page 154
Symbolic Objects……Page 155
Creating Symbolic Variables and Expressions……Page 156
Symbolic and Numeric Conversions……Page 157
Constructing Real and Complex Variables……Page 159
Example: Creating a Symbolic Matrix……Page 160
The Default Symbolic Variable……Page 162
Using Symbolic Expressions……Page 164
Creating an M-File……Page 165
Differentiation……Page 166
Limits……Page 170
Integration……Page 172
Integration with Real Constants……Page 174
Real Variables via sym……Page 176
Symbolic Summation……Page 177
Taylor Series……Page 178
Extended Calculus Example……Page 180
Simplifications……Page 194
collect……Page 195
horner……Page 196
factor……Page 197
simple……Page 199
subexpr……Page 203
subs……Page 206
Overview……Page 211
Rational Arithmetic……Page 212
Variable-Precision Numbers……Page 213
Another Example……Page 214
Basic Algebraic Operations……Page 216
Linear Algebraic Operations……Page 217
Eigenvalues……Page 221
Jordan Canonical Form……Page 227
Singular Value Decomposition……Page 229
Eigenvalue Trajectories……Page 231
Solving Algebraic Equations……Page 239
Several Algebraic Equations……Page 240
Single Differential Equation……Page 243
Example 3……Page 244
Several Differential Equations……Page 245
MATLAB Quick Reference……Page 247
Introduction……Page 248
General Purpose Commands……Page 249
Operators and Special Characters……Page 250
Language Constructs and Debugging……Page 251
Elementary Matrices and Matrix Manipulation……Page 252
Elementary Math Functions……Page 253
Specialized Math Functions……Page 254
Matrix Functions – Numerical Linear Algebra……Page 255
Data Analysis and Fourier Transform Functions……Page 256
Polynomial and Interpolation Functions……Page 257
Sparse Matrix Functions……Page 258
Sound Processing Functions……Page 259
Low-Level File I/O Functions……Page 260
Structure Functions……Page 261
Plotting and Data Visualization……Page 262
Graphical User Interface Creation……Page 266
Symbolic Math Toolbox Quick Reference……Page 269
Introduction……Page 270
Linear Algebra……Page 271
Variable Precision Arithmetic……Page 272