A. Introduction

• What is MATLAB?
  Introduction, self-test.
• Starting MATLAB
  Finding the program, activating the student license, self-test.
• What are all these Windows?
  Current directory window, command window, workspace window, command history window, menus, self-test.
• Getting Started
  Entering commands, getting help, documentation, self-test.
  quit, help, helpwin, doc

B. Basic Commands

• Using MATLAB Like a Calculator
  Arithmetic and more, self-test.
  sqrt, sin, log, ...
• Other Basic Commands
  Precision, keeping a diary, self-test.
  pi, format, diary, edit

C. Variables

• Ordinary Variables
  Storing, accessing, viewing, modifying, clearing, saving, loading, self-test.
  ans, clear, save, load
• Symbolic Variables
  Declaring, factoring, simplifying, expanding, making pretty, self-test.
  syms, factor, pretty, expand, simplify

D. Solving Equations

• Symbolic Solutions
  Symbolic versus numerical, one equation, systems of equations, self-test.
  solve
• Numerical Solutions
  What are numerical methods, fzero, self-test.
  fzero

E. Script M-Files

• Script M-Files
  Introduction, a simple example, self-test.

F. Simple Calculus and Precalculus Operations

• Plotting Curves
  Plotting the easy way, self-test.
  ezplot
• Symbolic Differentiation
  Differentiation, self-test.
  diff
• Symbolic Integration
  Indefinite integrals, definite integrals, self-test.
  int
• Numerical Integration
  Symbolic integration, self-test.
  quad
• Solving Differential Equations
  Introduction, initial value problems, a compound example, using variables, self-test.
  dsolve, strcat, char, subs

G. Matrices and Vectors

• Basics of Matrices and Vectors
  Entering vectors, basic operations, matrices and operations, self-test.
  dot, cross, norm
• More with Vectors and Matrices
  Special vectors, indexing, miscellaneous, self-test.
  transpose

H. Functions

• Function Basics
  Overview, symbolic expressions, inline functions, function handles, function M-files, self-test.
  inline, @(x)
• More with Functions
  Differentiation, integration, numerical integration, graphing, finding roots, self-test.
  matlabFunction

I. Programming with MATLAB

• Basic Programming Structures
  Introduction, displaying stuff, conditionals, loops, self-test.
  disp, if, elseif, else, &, |, for, while
• Function M-Files Part 1
  What's an M-file, the general idea, a more complicated example, self-test.
  function
• Function M-Files Part 2
  What can we do with a function M-file, vectorizing, multiple arguments, passing functions to functions, documenting, self-test.

J. Publishing M-Files

• Basic Publishing
  What is publishing, example, Matlab commands, formatted comments, self-test.

K. Limitations of MATLAB

• Basic Limitations
  Understanding commands, precision, graphing, self-test.

L. MuPAD - Not in use Spring 2012

• Introduction to MuPAD
  What is MuPAD, opening a notebook, Matlab/MuPAD differences, variable assignment, function definition, integration, self-test.
  mupad, diff, fzero, inline, solve, delete, f:=, int
• Intermediate MuPAD
  Solving equations, substitution, passing variables, plotting functions, accessing previous results, saving and exporting your notebook, self-test.
  solve, |, getVar, setVar, plotfunc2d, %