The Matlab® 5 Handbook

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

   PDF

2. Introduction

   • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

   Pages 1-4

3. Matlab Quick Start

   • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

   Pages 5-20

4. Linear Equations

   • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

   Pages 21-41

5. Sparse Matrices

   • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

   Pages 42-75

6. Non-Linear Equations

   • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

   Pages 76-84

7. Optimization

   • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

   Pages 85-99

8. Integration and Differentiation

   • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

   Pages 100-104

9. Ordinary Differential Equations

   • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

   Pages 105-121

10. Mathematical Functions and Operators

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 122-148

11. Symbolic Computations

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 149-162

12. Graphing Points and Curves

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 163-196

13. Graphing Surfaces and Volumes

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 197-232

14. Animation

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 233-245

15. Graphics Properties

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 246-327

16. Graphical User-Interface Functions

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 328-367

17. Programming in Matlab

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 368-407

18. File Input/Output

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 408-425

19. Debugging Matlab Programs

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 426-436

20. Advanced Data Structures

    • Darren Redfern, Colin Campbell

    Pages 437-445

How to Use This Handbook The MATLAB Handbook is a complete reference tool for the MATLAB computation language, and is written for all MATLAB users, regardless of their discipline or field(s) of interest. All the built-in mathematical, graphic, and system-based commands avail­ able in MATLAB 51 are detailed herein. Overall Organization One of the main premises of The MATLAB Handbook is that most MATLAB users ap­ proach the system to solve a particular problem (or set of problems) in a specific subject area. Therefore, all commands are organized in logical subsets that reflect these different categories (e.g., linear equations, ordinary differential equations, sur­ face and volume graphics, etc.) and the commands within a subset are explained in a similar language, creating a tool that allows you quick and confident access to the information necessary to complete the problem you have brought to the system. In addition, because there is much information about MATLAB that is very difficult to express on a purely command-by-command basis, each subject is prefaced with an introductory section. Here, detailed examples are given, profiling some of the most common applications of the commands in that particular section. There is also an introductory session, titled MATLAB Quick Start, which is intended to get those readers not already familiar with MATLAB off to a flying start.

• Engineering
• MATLAB
• Mathematics
• Physics
• calculus
• data structures
• optimization
• programming

• Practical Approach Corporation, Waterloo, Canada

  Darren Redfern

• Information Systems and Technology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

  Colin Campbell

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