Matlab: Linear Algebra

Edward Neuman Department of Mathematics Southern Illinois University at Carbondale edneuman@siu. edu One of the nice features of MATLAB is its ease of computations with vectors and matrices. In this tutorial the following topics are discussed:... More

Edward Neuman Department of Mathematics Southern Illinois University at Carbondale edneuman@siu. edu One of the nice features of MATLAB is its ease of computations with vectors and matrices. In this tutorial the following topics are discussed: vectors and matrices in MATLAB, solving systems of linear equations, the inverse of a matrix, determinants, vectors in n-dimensional Euclidean space, linear transformations, real vector spaces and the matrix eigenvalue problem. Applications of linear algebra to the curve fitting, message coding and computer graphics are also included. For the reader s convenience we include lists of special characters and MATLAB functions that are used in this tutorial. Special characters ; Semicolon operator Conjugated transpose . Transpose * Times . Dot operator ^ Power operator [ ] Emty vector operator : Colon operator = Assignment == Equality \ Backslash or left division / Right division i, j Imaginary unit ~ Logical no Less