Learning MATLAB

Tobin A. Driscoll

ISBN 10: 0898716837 / ISBN 13: 9780898716832

Published by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,U.S., US, 2009

About this Item

This engaging book is a concise introduction to the essentials of the MATLAB programming language and is ideal for readers seeking a focused and brief approach to the software. Learning MATLAB contains numerous examples and exercises involving the software's most useful and sophisticated features and an overview of the most common scientific computing tasks for which it can be used.The presentation is designed to guide new users through the basics of interacting with and programming in the MATLAB software, while also presenting some of its more important and advanced techniques, including how to solve common problem types in scientific computing. Rather than including exhaustive technical material, the author teaches through readily understood examples and numerous exercises that range from straightforward to very challenging. Readers are encouraged to learn by doing: entering the examples themselves, reading the online help, and trying the excercises.This engaging book is a concise introduction to the essentials of the MATLAB programming language.Learning MATLAB is ideal for readers seeking:A focused and brief approach to the software. Numerous examples and exercises involving the software's most useful and sophisticated features.An overview of the most common scientific computing tasks for which the software can be used.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning MATLAB
• Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,U.S., US
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898716837
• ISBN 13: 9780898716832
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 160 grams

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Synopsis

This engaging book is a concise introduction to the MATLAB programming language for students and professionals in mathematics, science, and engineering. It can be used as the primary text for a short course, as a companion textbook for a numerical computing course, or for self-study. The presentation is designed to guide a new MATLAB user through the basics of interacting with and programming in the MATLAB software, and into some of the more important advanced techniques, including the solution of common problem types in scientific computing. Rather than including exhaustive technical syntax material, this book aims to teach through readily understood examples and numerous exercises that range from straightforward to very challenging. Learning MATLAB is ideal for readers seeking a focused and brief approach to the software, rather than an encyclopedic one.

About the Author

Tobin A. Driscoll is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Delaware. His research focuses on the numerical analysis of differential equations, and he is coauthor with L. N. Trefethen of Schwarz-Christoffel Mapping (Cambridge University Press, 2002).