| Desktop Tools and Development Environment ....... 1-3 Startup and Shutdown ............................. 1-3 Command Window and History ...................... 1-4 Help for Using MATLAB ........................... 1-5 Workspace, Search Path, and File Operations .......... 1-6 Programming Tools ................................ 1-8 System .......................................... 1-11 Mathematics ...................................... 1-13 Arrays and Matrices ............................... 1-14 Linear Algebra.................................... 1-19 Elementary Math ................................. 1-23 Polynomials ...................................... 1-28 Interpolation and Computational Geometry ............ 1-28 Cartesian Coordinate System Conversion .............. 1-31 Nonlinear Numerical Methods ....................... 1-31 Specialized Math .................................. 1-35 Sparse Matrices................................... 1-36 Math Constants ................................... 1-39 Data Analysis ..................................... 1-41 Basic Operations .................................. 1-41 Descriptive Statistics .............................. 1-41 Filtering and Convolution........................... 1-42 Interpolation and Regression ........................ 1-42 Fourier Transforms ................................ 1-43 Derivatives and Integrals ........................... 1-43 Time Series Objects................................ 1-44 Time Series Collections............................. 1-47 Programming and Data Types ...................... 1-49 Data Types....................................... 1-49 Data Type Conversion.............................. 1-57 Operators and Special Characters .................... 1-59 String Functions .................................. 1-62 |