Contents
Chapter 1 Starting with MATLAB
1.1 STARTING MATLAB, MATLAB WINDOWS
1.2 WORKING IN THE COMMAND WINDOW
1.3 ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS WITH SCALARS
1.3.2 Using MATLAB as a Calculator
1.5 ELEMENTARY MATH BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS
1.6.2 Rules About Variable Names
1.6.3 Predefined Variables and Keywords
1.7 USEFUL COMMANDS FOR MANAGING VARIABLES
1.8.1 Notes About Script Files
1.8.2 Creating and Saving a Script File
1.8.3 Running (Executing) a Script File
1.9 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
2.1 CREATING A ONE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY (VECTOR)
2.2 CREATING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY (MATRIX)
2.2.1 The zeros, ones and, eye Commands
2.3 NOTES ABOUT VARIABLES IN MATLAB
2.6 USING A COLON : IN ADDRESSING ARRAYS
2.7 ADDING ELEMENTS TO EXISTING VARIABLES
2.9 BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS FOR HANDLING ARRAYS
2.10 STRINGS AND STRINGS AS VARIABLES
Chapter 3 Mathematical Operations with Arrays
3.4 ELEMENT-BY-ELEMENT OPERATIONS
3.5 USING ARRAYS IN MATLAB BUILT-IN MATH FUNCTIONS
3.6 BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS FOR ANALYZING ARRAYS
3.7 GENERATION OF RANDOM NUMBERS
3.8 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
Chapter 4 Using Script Files and Managing Data
4.1 THE MATLAB WORKSPACE AND THE WORKSPACE WINDOW
4.4 THE save AND load COMMANDS
4.5 IMPORTING AND EXPORTING DATA
4.5.1 Commands for Importing and Exporting Data
4.6 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
Chapter 5 Two-Dimensional Plots
5.3 PLOTTING MULTIPLE GRAPHS IN THE SAME PLOT
5.3.2 Using the hold on and hold off Commands
5.4.1 Formatting a Plot Using Commands
5.4.2 Formatting a Plot Using the Plot Editor
5.5 PLOTS WITH LOGARITHMIC AXES
5.7 PLOTS WITH SPECIAL GRAPHICS
5.10 PUTTING MULTIPLE PLOTS ON THE SAME PAGE
5.12 PLOTTING USING THE PLOTS TOOLSTRIP
5.13 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
Chapter 6 Programming in MATLAB
6.1 RELATIONAL AND LOGICAL OPERATORS
6.2.2 The if-else-end Structure
6.2.3 The if-elseif-else-end Structure
6.5 NESTED LOOPS AND NESTED CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS
6.6 THE break AND continue COMMANDS
6.7 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
Chapter 7 User-Defined Functions and Function Files
7.2 STRUCTURE OF A FUNCTION FILE
7.2.1 Function Definition Line
7.2.2 Input and Output Arguments
7.2.3 The H1 Line and Help Text Lines
7.3 LOCAL AND GLOBAL VARIABLES
7.5 USING A USER-DEFINED FUNCTION
7.6 EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE USER-DEFINED FUNCTIONS
7.7 COMPARISON BETWEEN SCRIPT FILES AND FUNCTION FILES
7.9.1 Using Function Handles for Passing a Function into a Function Function
7.9.2 Using a Function Name for Passing a Function into a Function Function
7.12 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
Chapter 8 Polynomials, Curve Fitting, and Interpolation
8.1.3 Addition, Multiplication, and Division of Polynomials
8.1.4 Derivatives of Polynomials
8.2.1 Curve Fitting with Polynomials; The polyfit Function
8.2.2 Curve Fitting with Functions Other than Polynomials
8.4 THE BASIC FITTING INTERFACE
8.5 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
Chapter 9 Applications in Numerical Analysis
9.1 SOLVING AN EQUATION WITH ONE VARIABLE
9.2 FINDING A MINIMUM OR A MAXIMUM OF A FUNCTION
9.4 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
9.5 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
Chapter 10 Three-Dimensional Plots
10.3 PLOTS WITH SPECIAL GRAPHICS
10.5 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS
11.1 SYMBOLIC OBJECTS AND SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS
11.1.1 Creating Symbolic Objects
11.1.2 Creating Symbolic Expressions
11.1.3 The findsym Command and the Default Symbolic Variable
11.2 CHANGING THE FORM OF AN EXISTING SYMBOLIC EXPRESSION
11.2.1 The collect, expand, and factor Commands
11.2.2 The simplify and simple Commands
11.3 SOLVING ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS
11.6 SOLVING AN ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION
11.7 PLOTTING SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS
11.8 NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS WITH SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS
11.9 EXAMPLES OF MATLAB APPLICATIONS