A Valuable Aid To Learning MATLAB(R)
MATLAB Primer, Fourth Edition
Author - Kermit Sigmon
Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville
DESCRIPTION
This Fourth Edition reflects an extensive general revision of the MAT
LAB Primer into a more compact, reader-friendly bound format. However, its
hands-on approach retains the original purpose of the earlier editions-to help s
tudents and others begin to use MATLAB.
FEATURES
- Based on MATLAB Versions 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2
- Features of Version 4.2 blended into the text
- Substantial new section on the Symbolic Math Toolbox, which merges the symbo
lic capabilities of the software Maple(R) with the numerical capabilities of MAT
LAB
- Extensive new section on graphics
- Fine-grained Contents and detailed Index
CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Accessing MATLAB
- Entering Matrices
- Complex Numbers
- Large Matrices
- Using rand, magic, and hilb
- Referencing Individual Entries
- Matrix Operations
- Matrix Division
- Array Operations
- Statements, Expressions, Variables
- Suppressing Display of Results
- Case-Sensitivity
- Listing and Clearing Variables and M-Files
- Runaway Process, Machine Epsilon
- Saving a Session
- Matrix Building Functions
- For, While, If, and Relations
- Variable Controlled Loops (for)
- Relation Controlled Loops (while)
- Branching (if)
- Relations
- MATLAB Function
- Scalar Functions
- Vector Functions
- Matrix Functions
- Command Line Editing and Recall
- Submatrices and Colon Notation
- Generating Vectors
- Acccessing Submatrices
- M-Files
- Script Files
- Function Files
- Multiple Output Variables
- Comments, Documentation for help
- Producing Efficient Code
- Advanced Features
- Strings, Error Messages, Input
- Error Messages
- Input
- Managing M-Files
- Executing System Commands
- Working with Directories and Files
- MATLAB and path
- Debugging
- Comparing Efficiency of Algorithms
- Flops
- Tic and Toc
- Output Format
- Hardcopy
- Graphics
- Planar Plots (plot)
- Multiple Figures
- Graph of a Function (fplot)
- Parametrically Defined Curves
- Titles, LAbels, Text in a Graph
- Control of Axes and Scaling
- Multiple Plots
- Line Types, Mark Types, Colors
- Subplot, Specialized Plots
- Graphics Hardcopy (print)
- Three-Dimensional Curve Plots (plot3)
- Mesh and Surface Plots (mesh, surf)
- Color Shading and Color Profile
- Perspective of View (view), Peaks
- Parametrically Defined Surfaces
- Handle Graphics
- Sparse Matrix Computations
- Storage Modes (full, sparse)
- Generating Sparse Matrices
- Computation with Sparse Matrices
- The Symbolic Math Toolbox
- Calculus (diff, int)
- Command/Function Duality
- Variable Precision Arithmetic (vpa)
- Simplification (factor, expand, simplify)
- Graphs of Functions (ezplot, funtool)
- Symbolic Matrix Operations
- Symbolic Linear Algebraic Functions
- Solving Algebraic Equations (solve)
- Solving Differential Equations (dsolve)
- Further Maple Access
- Lists of Functions by Subject Area
- System Management
- Matrix Functions and Operations
- Mathematical Functions
- Programming
- Data Analysis and Signal Processing
- Numerical Analysis
- Graphics
- Sparse Matrix Computations
- Symbolic Math Toolbox
- Index
Publication and Pricing
Catalog no. 9440
August 1994, 112 pp, ISBN 0-8493-9440-6
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