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Introduction

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Tutorials

Matlab Tutorials

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• Matlab Basics
  • The command window
  • Defining variables
  • Basic commands and commonly used functions
  • creating m-files
  • MATLAB's Path
• Creating and using arrays
  • Creating matrices and vectors
  • Arithmetic with arrays
  • Accessing arrays
• Solving linear systems of equations
• Logic in MATLAB
• Loops in MATLAB
• Creating and using functions
• Plotting
• Input/Output in Matlab. File input/output, saving variables to disk and loading variables, exporting figures, etc.
• Debugging in Matlab

Tutorials on numerical analysis

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

• Linear algebra refresher. Matrices and vectors, solving systems of linear equations.
• Interpolation
• Regression
• Numerical Differentiation
• Numerical Integration
• Nonlinear equations
• Ordinary Differential Equations

Technical Writing

• Bibliographies in Word including cross-referencing.
• Equations in Word including automatic numbering and cross-referencing.
• Figures in Word - creating captions, numbering, and cross referencing.
• LyX - a powerful cross-platform package for technical writing.