Symbolic Math Toolbox: Quick Reference Sheet

Algebra Calculus
subs Symbolic substitution: limit Compute limit of symbolic expression:
syms a b; limit(1/x,x,0,'left')
subs(a^3+b,{a,b},{2,sym('e')})
diff Differentiation:
double Convert symbolic values to double precision: syms x t; diff(sin(x^2+t),x)
symN = sym(pi);
doubleN = double(symN) int Definite and indefinite integrals:
syms x z; int(x/(1 + z^2), z)
solve Equations and systems solver:
syms a b u v; symsum Sum of a series:
S=solve(u+v==a, u-v==b) syms k n; symsum(k,0,n-1)

simplify Algebraic simplification: series Puiseux series expansion:

syms x; syms x; series(1/sin(x), x)
simplify(sin(x)^2 + cos(x)^2) taylor Taylor series:
isolate Isolate variable or expression in equation: syms x; taylor(exp(-x))
syms a b c x; isolate(a*x^2+b*x+c==0,x) gradient Gradient vector of scalar function:
lhs Left side (LHS) of equation: syms x y z;
syms x y; lhs(x^2 >= y^2) gradient(x*y + 2*z*x, [x, y, z])

rhs Right side (RHS) of equation: hessian Hessian matrix of scalar function:
syms x y; rhs(x^2 >= y^2) syms x y z;
hessian(x*y + 2*z*x, [x, y, z])
rewrite Rewrite expression in terms of another function:
syms x; rewrite(tan(x)/cos(x),'sin') laplacian Laplacian of scalar function:
syms x y z;
laplacian(1/x + y^2 + z^3, [x y z])
jacobian Jacobian matrix:
syms x y z u v;
jacobian([x*y*z; y; x+z],[x y z])
Graphics
divergence Divergence of vector field:
syms x y z;
fplot Plot symbolic expression or function:
divergence([x^2 2*y z], [x y z])
syms x; f(x) = sin(x)/x; fplot(f)
fplot3 Plot 3-D parametric curve:
syms x; fplot3(sin(x),cos(x),log(x))
fsurf Plot 3-D surface, mesh or contour:
syms x y;
f(x,y)=x*exp(-x^2-y^2); fsurf(f) Functions
fmesh Plot 3-D mesh:
syms x y; functions Symbolic Functions:
f(x,y)=x*exp(-x^2-y^2); fmesh(f) syms x y; f(x,y) = x + 2*y;
f(1,2)
fcontour Plot contours:
f(x,y)=x*exp(-x^2-y^2); fcontour(f) piecewise Conditionally defined expression or
function:
fimplicit, Plot implicit symbolic equation or function: syms x;
fimplicit3 syms x y; g(x)=piecewise(x<0,-1,x>=0,2);
fimplicit(y^2-x^2*(x+1),[-2 2]) g(3)
syms x y z;
fimplicit3(x^2*y*z+y^3-z^3) matlabFunction, Convert symbolic expression to a
matlabFunctionBlock, MATLAB callable function, Simulink
simscapeEquation block or Simscape equation.
g = matlabFunction(f)

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 MATLAB: Quick Reference Sheet

Live Editor Matrix Operations

colon, : Create a row vector:
Command Keyboard Shortcut 1:10; 1:2:10
Move Up One Section Ctrl+upArrow linspace Linearly spaced points between endpoints:
Linspace(1,3,1000)
Move Down One Section Ctrl+downArrow
square Matrix construction and concatenation:
Run Section Ctrl+Enter
brackets, [] [1,2;3,4]
Run Section and Advance Ctrl+Shift+Enter NaN Create matrix of NaN values:
Run All Sections F5 NaN(3,5)

Insert a new line or Code or Text Alt+Enter ones Create matrix of 1 values:
ones(3,5)
Toggle between Code and Text Ctrl+E
zeros Create matrix of 0 values:
Title Ctrl+Alt+L zeros(3,5)
Heading Ctrl+Alt+H parentheses, Index into matrix:
() x=[1,2;3,4]; x(2,1)
Section Break Ctrl+Alt+Enter
diag Diagonal elements of matrix:
Bulleted List Ctrl+Alt+U
x=[1,2;3,4]; diag(x)
Numbered List Ctrl+Alt+O times, .* Element by element multiplication:
Italic Ctrl+I x=[1,2;3,4]; y=[2,3;4,5]; x.*y

Bold Ctrl+B rdivide, ./ Element by element division:

x=[1,2;3,4]; y=[2,3;4,5]; x./y
Monospace Ctrl+M
plus, + Element by element addition:
Underline Ctrl+U x=[1,2;3,4]; y=[2,3;4,5]; x+y
LaTeX Equation Ctrl+Alt+G minus, - Element by element subtraction:
Hyperlink Ctrl+K x=[1,2;3,4]; y=[2,3;4,5]; x-y
gt, > Determine greater than:
x=[1,3;4,2]; x>2
inv Invert a matrix:
X=[1,2;3,4]; inv(x)
Cells & Tables
size Size of a matrix:
cell Create a cell array: x=[1,2,3;4,5,6]; size(x)
cell(3,5)
eye Create identity matrix:
curly Access specific cell in cell array: eye(3,4)
brackets, {} c = cell(3,5); c{3,5}
isnan Find elements that are NaN:
cell2mat Transform cell to matrix: x=[1,NaN;NaN,4]; isnan(x)
c = cell(3,5); cell2mat(c)
repmat Repeat copies of a matrix:
cellfun Apply function to each cell: x=diag([100 200 300]); repmat(x,2)
c = cell(3,5); cellfun(@mean,c)
bsxfun Element wise operation on two matrices:
table Create a table from given variables: x=[1,2;3,4]; bsxfun(@minus,x,mean(x))
table([1:2]',{'one';'two'})
arrayfun Apply function to each element:
cell2table Transform a cell array to a table: x=[1;3]; arrayfun(@(x) plus(x,x), x)
c=cell(3,5); cell2table(c)
table2array Transform a table into an array:
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