====== Math 445 lecture 1: Matlab basics ======

Lecture topics:

  * the REPL
  * arithmetic operations
    * ''+ - * / \ ^ ()''
    * ''pi inf NaN i j''
    * ASCII floating-point notation
  * variables
    * ''ans''
    * assignment 
    * ''; , %''
  * built-in math functions
    * ''sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan'' etc.
    * ''exp, log, log10, abs, sqrt, factorial''
  * workspace functions
    * ''diary, format, who, whos, clear, ls/dir  help''