Getting Started with MATLAB 6

Preface; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 What is MATLAB?; 1.2 Does MATLAB Do Symbolic Calculations?; 1.3 Will MATLAB Run on My Computer?; 1.4 Where Do I Get MATLAB?; 1.5 How Do I Use This Book?; 1.6 Basics of MATLAB; 1.7 Visit This Again; CHAPTER 2. TUTORIAL LESSONS; 2.1 Lesson 1: A Minimum MATLAB Session; 2.2 Lesson 2: Working with Arrays of Numbers; 2.3 Lesson 3: Creating and Printing Simple Plots; 2.4 Lesson 4: Creating, Saving, and Executing a Script File; 2.5 Lesson 5: Creating and Executing a Function File; 2.6 Lesson 6: Working with Files and Directories; CHAPTER 3. INTERACTIVE COMPUTATION; 3.1 Matrices and Vectors; 3.2 Matrix and Array Operations; 3.3 Creating and Using Inline Functions; 3.4 Using Built-in Functions and On-line Help; 3.5 Saving and Loading Data; 3.6 Plotting Simple Graphs; CHAPTER 4. PROGRAMMING IN MATLAB: SCRIPTS AND FUNCTIONS; 4.1 Script Files; 4.2 Function Files; 4.3 Language-Specific Features; 4.4 Advanced Data Objectives; CHAPTER 5. APPLICATIONS; 5.1 Linear Algebra; 5.2 Curve Fitting and Interpolation; 5.3 Data Analysis and Statistics; 5.4 Numerical Integration (Quadrature); 5.5 Ordinary Differential Equations; 5.6 Nonlinear Algebra Equations; 5.7 Advanced Topics; CHAPTER 6. GRAPHS; 6.1 Basic 2-D Plots; 6.2 Using Subplot to Layout Multiple Graphs; 6.3 3-D Plots; 6.4 Handle Graphs; 6.5 Saving and Printing Graphs; 6.6 Animation; CHAPTER 7. ERRORS; CHAPTER 8. WHAT ELSE IS THERE?; 8.1 The Symbolic Math Toolbox; 8.2 Debugging Tools; 8.3 External Interface: Mex-files; 8.4 Graphics User Interface; APPENDIX: THE MATLAB LANGUAGE REFERENCE; A.1 Punctuation Marks and Other Symbols; A.2 General-Purpose Commands; A.3 Special Variables and Constants; A.4 Language Constructs and Debugging; A.5 File I/O; A.6 Operators and Logical Functions; A.7 Math Functions; A.8 Matrices: Creation & Manipulation; A.9 Character String Functions; A.10 Graphics and Functions; A.11 Applications Functions