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Welcome to [http://www.che.utah.edu/~sutherland Prof. Sutherland's] Wiki!
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This Wiki is intended to be a resource for students on Matlab, numerical analysis, and technical writing. It contains many explanations, procedures, tips, tricks and examples.  All [http://www.che.utah.edu/ Chemical Engineering] students should be able to log in using their departmental user name and password.
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== Matlab Tutorials ==
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[[Image:Matlab.jpg|right|150px]]
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Click [http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_version/start.html?s_cid=ACD1008naUR&s_v1=1-6VUHSB_1-5HJ0P here] to visit Matlab's website for their online tutorials.
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* [[Matlab_Basics|Matlab Basics]] - the basics of Matlab, including:
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** [[Matlab Basics #The Command Window|Use of the command window]]
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** [[Matlab Basics #Defining Variables|Defining your own variables]]
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** [[Matlab Basics #Basic Commands & Operations|Basic commands and commonly used functions]]
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** [[Matlab Basics #M-Files|Creating m-files]]
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** [[Matlab Basics #Matlab's Path|Matlab's path]]
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* [[Matlab_Arrays|Arrays in Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab Arrays #Array Basics|Basic properties of arrays in Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab Arrays #Creating Arrays in Matlab|Creating arrays in Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab Arrays # Array Arithmetic|Doing arithmetic with arrays in Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab Arrays # Accessing Arrays|Accessing arrays in Matlab]]
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* [[Linear Systems in Matlab|Solving Linear Systems of Equations]]
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* [[Matlab_Logic|Logic in Matlab]]
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* [[Matlab_Loops|Loops in Matlab]]
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* [[Matlab_Functions|Functions in Matlab]]
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* [[Matlab_Plotting|Plotting in Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab_Plotting #X-Y Plots| (x,y) Plots in Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab_Plotting #Contour & Surface Plots|Contour & Surface Plots]]
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** [[Matlab_Plotting #Histograms & Bar Graphs|Histograms & Bar Graphs]]
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* [[Matlab_IO|Input/Output in Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab_IO #Terminal and File Input in MATLAB|Terminal and File Input in Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab_IO #Terminal and File Output in MATLAB|Terminal and File Output Matlab]]
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** [[Matlab_IO #Exporting Matlab Figures|Exporting Matlab Figures]]
  
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| style="width:50%;text-align:center; white-space: nowrap; color:#000" | <h1 style="font-size: 162%; border: none; margin: 0; padding:.1em; color:#000">Welcome to Prof. Sutherland's Wiki!</h1><h4>[http://www.che.utah.edu/~sutherland/JamesHome/Home.html Prof. Sutherland's Homepage]</h4>
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* [[Linear_Algebra|Linear Algebra Refresher]]
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** [[Linear Algebra #Solving Linear Systems of Equations|Solving Linear Systems of Equations]]
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* [[Interpolation]]
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* [[Regression]]
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* [[Numerical Differentiation]]
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* [[Numerical Integration|Numerical Integration]]
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* [[Nonlinear equations]]
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* [[ODEs|Ordinary Differential Equations]]
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* [[Taylor Series]] - used in various parts of numerical analysis.
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== Technical Writing ==
  
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* [[media:Learned.pdf|A Short Guide to Technical Writing]] by W. M. Learned and the ChEn faculty.  This guide is required reading for Senior Laboratory.
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* [http://www.lyx.org/ LyX] - a powerful cross-platform package for technical writing.

Revision as of 19:31, 12 July 2011

Welcome to Prof. Sutherland's Wiki!

This Wiki is intended to be a resource for students on Matlab, numerical analysis, and technical writing. It contains many explanations, procedures, tips, tricks and examples. All Chemical Engineering students should be able to log in using their departmental user name and password.


Matlab Tutorials

Matlab.jpg

Click here to visit Matlab's website for their online tutorials.

Tutorials on Numerical Analysis

Each tutorial includes a discussion of algorithm(s) and some examples, including Matlab code.

And a potpourri of miscellaneous topics:

Technical Writing

  • LyX - a powerful cross-platform package for technical writing.
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