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