MATLAB primer/ Timothy A. Davis

Includes index.

2 The MATLAB Desktop
2.1 Command Window
2.2 Command History window
2.3 Current Folder window .
2.4 Workspace window . . .
2.5 Help window
2.6 File Exchange window .
2.7 Variable Editor window
3 Matrices and Matrix Operations
3.1 Referencing individual entries
3.2 Matrix operators
3.3 Matrix division (slash and backslash)
3.4 Entry-wise operators
3.5 Relational operators
3.6 Complex numbers
3.7 Strings
4 Submatrices and Colon Notation
4.1 Generating vectors .
4.2 Accessing submatrices .
5 MATLAB Functions
5.1 Constructing matrices
5.2 Scalar functions
5.3 Vector functions and data analysis .
5.4 Matrix functions .
5.5 The linsolve function .
5.6 The find function . . .
5.7 1-D indexing and the reshape function
5.8 Logical indexing
5.9 The bsxfun and repmat functions
6 M-Files
6.1
M-File Editor window
6.2
Script files . .
6.3
Function files .
6.4
Multiple inputs and outputs .
6.5
Variable arguments
6.6 Unused arguments
6.7 Comments and documentation
6.8
The MATLAB path.
7 Control Flow Statements
7.1 The for loop . .
7.2 The while loop .
7.3 The if statement
7.4 The switch statement
7.5 The try/catch statement
7.6 Matrix expressions (if and while)
7.7 Infinite loops .
8 Advanced Data Structures
8.1 Cell arrays
8.2 Structs . .
8.3 Sets ... .
8.4 Other data types
9 Object-Oriented Programming
9.1 Object methods .
9.2 Object inheritance and abstract classes
9.3 Object attributes
9.4 A more extensive example
9.5 Object handle classes . . .
10 Advanced M-file Features
10.1 Function handles and anonymous fnpctions
10.2 Name resolution .
10.3 Error and warning messages
10.4 User input
10.5 Performance measures
10.6 Efficient code
11 Code Development Tools
11.1 Code Analyzer (M-Lint) report
11.2 Advanced Editor features
11.3 TODO/FIXME report
11.4 Help report . .
11.5 Contents report
11.6 Dependency report
11.7 Profiler tool and Coverage report
11.8 File and Folder Comparison tool
12 Calling C from MATLAB
12.1 A simple example .
12.2 C versus MATLAB arrays
12.3 A matrix computation in C
12.4 MATLAB mx and mex routines
12.5 Online help for MEX routines .
12.6 Larger examples on the web .
13 Calling Fortran from MATLAB
13.1 Solving a transposed system . . .
13.2 A Fortran mexFunction with %val
13.3 If you cannot use %val
14 Calling Java from MATLAB
14.1 A simple example . .
14.2 Encryption/decryption
14.3 Java class path .
14.4 Calling your own Java methods .
14.5 Loading a URL as a matrix
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15 Two-Dimensional Graphics
15.1 Planar plots
15.2 Multiple figures
15.3 Graph of a function .
15.4 Parametrically defined curves
15.5 Titles, labels, text in a graph .
15.6 Control of axes and scaling .
15.7 Multiple plots .
15.8 Line types, marker types, colors
15.9 Subplots and specialized plots
15.10 Graphics hard copy . .
16 Three-Dlmensional Graphics
16.1 Curve plots
16.2 Mesh and surface plots
16.3 Parametrically defined surfaces
16.4 Volume and vector visualization
16.5 Color shading and color profile
16.6 Perspective of view .
17 Advanced Graphics
17.1 Handle Graphics
17.2 Graphical user interface
17.3 Images
18 Sparse Matrix Computations
18.1 Storage modes
18.2 Generating sparse matrices
18.3 Computation with sparse matrices .
18.4 Permutation vectors and matrices .
18.5 Visualizing matrices
19 The Symbolic Math Toolbox
19.1 Symbolic variables
19.2 Calculus
19.3 Variable precision arithmetic .
19.4 Numeric and symbolic substitution
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19.5 Algebraic simplification .
19.6 Two-dimensional graphs .
19.7 Three-dimensional surface graphs .
19.8 Three-dimensional curves . .
19.9 Symbolic matrix operations .
19.10 Symbolic linear algebraic functions
19.11 Solving algebraic equations .
19.12 Solving differential equations
19.13 Further MuPAD access . . . .
20 Polynomials, Interpolation, and Integration
20.1 Representing polynomials
20.2 Evaluating polynomials .
20.3 Polynomial interpolation .
20.4 Numeric integration (quadrature)
21 Solving Equations
21.1 Symbolic equations
21.2 Linear systems of equations
21.3 Polynomial roots . .
21.4 Nonlinear equations
21.5 Ordinary differential equations .
21.6 Other differential equations .
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