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MATLAB Demystified,David McMahon
% }" Y" ?0 Q" uAuthor: David McMahon
G4 [7 m( p7 c0 `Publisher: 2007 by The McGraw-Hill
3 k) v* y* v! P3 PPages: 336" E9 j# t% U" R/ N
ISBN: 0-07-151030-3
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* j8 B( J' ^( q# O6 fPreface
& q v; N: a* U& @9 T% V+ N3 hMATLAB is one of the most widely used computational tools in science and! w; i8 S7 x2 X) n% [' ?
engineering. No matter what your background—be it physics, chemistry, math, or
( v1 y& `; s7 u. b; U3 s+ `engineering—it would behoove you to at least learn the basics of this powerful tool.! ~# L3 `1 T ~1 {( `% E
There are three good reasons to learn a computational mathematics tool. The first is' E7 B8 X; [) p6 M* _9 }
that it serves as a background check for work you might be doing by hand. If you are
- S$ f: ~7 {: ra student, it’s nice to have a back up that you can use to check your answers. I advise
' S: l8 Q% q8 dthat you don’t become co-dependent on a computational tool or trust it as though it
' F4 E' t! m. n* zwere an Oracle. Do your work by hand when requested by your professors and just use! Q* i3 O5 @& \5 C
MATLAB or any other tool to check your work to make sure it’s correct.
, |7 S4 Q6 J: A/ jThe second reason is having a tool like MATLAB is priceless for generating
7 u& E: p J: _1 h5 C9 _1 Vplots and for doing numerical methods. Instead of having to go through a tedious& P. ]: U6 y% l7 O1 J7 A
process of plotting something by hand you can just have MATLAB generate any, ?) [9 Y) F% |+ F6 V* g
nice plot you desire.* G2 v- c+ b: |
Thirdly, the bottom line is that at some point in your career you will have to use
9 ]. N( m7 s8 ea computational mathematics tool. If you’re a professor doing theoretical work, at
" y! d& j+ O" a1 V N7 J. Sone point or another you are going to be working on a project where analytical
; k5 |. M1 ~4 tsolutions are not possible. If you work in industry or in a national lab, chances are+ S4 g S; ]5 d$ x
the work you’re doing can’t be done by hand and will require a numerical solution.
2 [% O5 {" g% ^2 v8 RMATLAB is widely used in universities, in national laboratories and at private
1 {( w7 q& N9 F1 S8 Bcompanies. Knowing MATLAB will definitely be a plus on your resume.
# m% \3 y8 W1 Z& WNow a word about this particular book. This book is aimed squarely at the MATLAB5 X+ I. j' R W+ s
beginner. The purpose is not to wow experts with complicated solutions built with
: f5 O- f7 F0 q; O: Z8 M( ~" e2 fMATLAB. Rather, the purpose of this book is to introduce a person new to MATLAB7 B5 S7 }0 J, O% F/ N
to the world of computational mathematics. The approach taken here is to set about
Q. A0 K ?5 Clearning how to use MATLAB to do some basic things-plot functions, solve algebraic
4 S- z" K: B! s/ f- {- A: sequations, compute integrals and solve differential equations for example. So the! L' V6 A$ z' C" x& V; P/ L, o
examples we present in this book are going to be ** and aimed at the novice. If5 l/ G* B9 i' Y M, c6 A) m3 i' i
you have never touched MATLAB before or are having lot’s of trouble with it, this% {$ v2 a8 {3 d$ F8 c, e- Z
book will help you build a basic skill set that can be used to master it. The book is a% a9 h# B' }3 @6 t. R8 w# Q
stepping stone to mastery and nothing more. |
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