If you want to learn even more about Scientific Computing and Matlab: Here is a plug for my course MAPL 660 (Scientific Computing I) next semester.
If you are not familiar with Matlab:
Some of the links on this page are marked as ``(Postscript)''. If your browser is set up correctly, clicking on the link will bring up a Postscript viewer which allows you to view and print the document.
If you clicking on the link does not work for you, do the following: click on
the link with the right mouse button so that a menu comes up. Select
"Save link as..." in this menu. Then a dialog box appears which allows you to
save the file in your home directory. Click "OK". On WAM and Glue Unix
computers you can send this file to the printer by typing qpr
filename.ps . You can view the document on the screen by typing
ghostview filename.ps .
Note: modified instructions for problemX.txt!!
For each problem hand in
problemX.m (and of all m-files
called from problemX.m) containing the Matlab commands,
and comments answering the questions asked in the problem. Also include
comments for each plot command indicating which of the attached graphics it
produced.
problemX.txt containing the output of
problemX.m. Make sure that all output is labeled so that it is
clear what each number means and by what line in the .m file it was generated.
Use ``;'' at the end of lines to suppress the
output of uninteresting intermediate results (especially if these are large
arrays). If your m-file uses for ... end follow the hint for suppressing unnecessary
output.
problemX.m so that it is clear which
Matlab command produced which graphic.
(On Glue and WAM typing print figXY.ps in Matlab produces a
postscript file figXY.ps of the current figure which you can then
send to the printer.)
problemX.m.
tap matlab and then type
matlab
Alternatively: Buy Matlab student version for about $90 at the campus book store and use your own computer (Windows 95, 98, NT and Macintosh).
Matlab Primer (Postscript file, 35 p.): Explains basic Matlab commands