Getting Started with MATLAB

by Pratap, Rudra

ISBN13: 9780199731244

ISBN10: 0199731241

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2009-11-16

Publisher(s): Oxford University Press

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Summary

MATLAB (short for Matrix Laboratory) is a software tool used widely in engineering curriculum that provides high-performance numerical computational, graphical, and animation capabilities. Many of OUP's engineering titles, including Lathi's Modern Digital and Analog Communications, 4e, the forthcoming Uicker, Pennock and Shigley's Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, 4e, and Sadiku's Elements of Electromagnetics, 5e, incorporate MATLAB codes into the homework problems and chapter examples. The new edition brings the book up to date with MATLAB version 2009a. This includes updating commands, examples, figure, and graphs. Chapter 8 also underwent a complete revamp to address the restructure of symbolic computation in the new version of MATLAB. The author is also taking this opportunity to add additional examples and new topics, including nested functions and PDEs. The book is supplemental in nature and is essentially an introductory user's guide, and is used in a variety of different engineering and science courses.

Author Biography

Rudra Pratap is Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science

Preface
Introduction
What Is MATLAB?
Does MATLAB Do Symbolic Calculations?
Will MATLAB Run on My Computer?
Where Do I Get MATLAB ?
How Do I Use This Book?
Basics of MATLAB
MATLAB windows
On-line help
Input-output
File types
Platform dependence
General commands you should remember
Visit This Again
Tutorial Lessons The Basics
Lesson 1: A Minimum MATLAB Session
Lesson 2: Creating and Working with Arrays of Numbers
Lesson 3: Creating and Printing Simple Plots
Lesson 4: Creating, Saving, and Executing a Script File
Lesson 5: Creating and Executing a Function File Directional Explorations
Lesson 6: Working with Arrays and Matrices
Lesson 7: Working with anonymous functions
Lesson 8: Symbolic Computation
Lesson 9: Importing and Exporting Data
Lesson 10: Working with Files and Directories
Lesson 11: Publishing Reports
Interactive Computation 67
Matrices and Vectors
Input
Indexing (or subscripting)
Matrix manipulation
Creating vectors
Matrix and Array Operations
Arithmetic operations
Relational operations
Logical operations
Elementary math functions
Matrix functions
Character strings
Manipulating character strings
The eval function
A Special Note on Array Operations
Vectorization
Command Line Functions
Inline functions
Anonymous functions
Using Built-in Functions and On-line Help
Example 1: Finding the determinant of a matrix
Example 2: Finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors
Saving and Loading Data
Saving into and loading from the binary Mat-_les
Importing data _les
Recording a session with diary
Plotting Simple Graphs
Programming in MATLAB: Scripts and Functions
Script Files
Function Files
Executing a function
More on functions
M-Lint code analyzer
Subfunctions
Nested functions
Compiled (parsed) functions: The p-code
The pro_ler
Language-speci_c Features
Use of comments to create on-line help
Continuation
Global variables
Loops, branches, and control-ow
Interactive input
Recursion
Input/output
Advanced Data Objects
Multidimensional matrices
Structures
Cells
Publishing Reports
Applications
Linear Algebra
Solving a linear system
Gaussian elimination
Finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors
Matrix factorizations
Advanced topics
Curve Fitting and Interpolation
Polynomial curve _tting on the y
Do it yourself: Curve _tting with polynomial functions
Least squares curve _tting
General nonlinear _ts
Interpolation
Data Analysis and Statistics
Numerical Integration (Quadrature)
Double integration
Ordinary Di_erential Equations
Example 1: A _rst-order linear ODE
Example 2: A second-order nonlinear ODE
ode23 versus ode45
Specifying tolerance
The ODE suite
Event location
Nonlinear Algebraic Equations
Roots of polynomials
Advanced Topics
Graphics
Basic 2-D Plots
Style options
Labels, title, legend, and other text objects
Axis control, zoom in, and zoom out
Modifying plots with the plot editor
Overlay plots
Specialized 2-D plots
Using subplot for Multiple Graphs
3-D Plots
View
Rotate view
Mesh and surface plots
Vector _eld and volumetric plots
Interpolated surface plots
Handle Graphics
The object hierarchy
Object handles
Object properties
Modifying an existing plot
Complete control over the graphics layout
Fun with 3-D Surface Graphics
Generating a cylindrical surface
Face color, transparency and light reection
A little more fun with color and lighting
A word about choosing colors
Saving and Printing Graphs
Saving graphs to reusable _les
Animation
Errors
Computer Algebra and The Symbolic Math Toolbox
The Symbolic Math Toolbox
Should you buy it?
Two useful tools in the Symbolic Math Toolbox
Numeric vs. symbolic computation
Variable Precision Arithmetic
Getting help with the Symbolic Math Toolbox
Using the Symbolic Math Toolbox
Basic manipulations
Talking to itself
Generating MATLAB code for an inline or anonymous function
Generating M-_les from symbolic expressions
Using MuPAD Notebook
Graphics and animation
Summary: Some Symbolic Math Toolbox commands
Honorable Mentions
Debugging Tools
External Interface: Mex-_les
Graphical User Interface
The MATLAB Language Reference
Punctuation Marks and Other Symbols
General-purpose Commands
Special Variables and Constants
Language Constructs and Debugging
File Input/Output
Operators and Logical Functions
Frequently Used Math Functions
Matrices: Creation and Manipulation
Character String Functions
Graphics Functions
Some Applications Functions
Data analysis and Fourier transforms
Polynomials and data interpolation
Nonlinear numerical methods
Bibliography
Index
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