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MODULE 1

CLEAR WORKSPACE & COMMAND WINDOW

Remove variable from workspace clear <var_name>

Remove all variables from the workspace clear

Clear all commands and outputs in the command window clc

MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS

Scalar Operations +​ - * / ^

Trigonometric Functions (radians) sin(rad) cos(rad) …

Trigonometric Functions (degrees) sind(deg) cosd(deg) …

Square Root sqrt(x)

Nth Rooth nthroot(x,n)

Exponential exp(x)

Absolute Value abs(x)

Natural Log log(x)

Base 10 Log log10(x)

ROUNDING DECIMALS

Round to the nearest integer round(x)

Round to the nearest n decimal places round(x,n)

Truncate to the nearest integer fix(x)

DATA FORMATS

Fixed-point with 4 decimal digits format short

Fixed-point with 15 decimal digits format long

Scientific notation with 4 decimal digits format short e

Scientific notation with 15 decimal digits format long e

Two decimal digits format bank

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ARRAYS

Size (m x n) <row> x <column>

Row Vector (1 x n) <var_name> = [ 1 2 3 4 5 ]

Column Vector (m x 1) <var_name> = [ 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 ]

EQUALLY-SPACED VECTORS

With specified spacing <var_name> = start : step : stop

With specified number of elements <var_name> = linspace(start , end , no.)

INDEXING

Specific element <var_name> (row , column)

All elements in specific column/s (all rows) <var_name> ( : , [col1 col2] )

All elements in specific row/s (all columns) <var_name> ( [row1 row2] , : )

Specific row and column (intersection) <var_name> ( [row1 row2] , [col1 col2] )

CONCATENATION

Vertical (same no. of columns) <var_name> = [ matrix1 ; matrix2 ]

Horizontal (same no. of rows) <var_name> = [ matrix1 matrix2 ]

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IDENTITY MATRIX
Main diagonal elements are equal to one(1) and zero(0) elsewhere

Square matrix eye ( n )

Specified row and column eye ( m , n ) eye ( [m , n] )

Same size as another matrix eye ( size(<var_name>) )

ONES MATRIX
All elements equal to one(1)

Square matrix ones ( n )

Specified row and column ones ( m , n ) ones ( [m , n] )

Same size as another matrix ones ( size(<var_name>) )

ZERO MATRIX
All elements equal to zero(0)

Square matrix zeros ( n )

Specified row and column zeros ( m , n ) zeros ( [m , n] )

Same size as another matrix zeros ( size(<var_name>) )

MAGIC SQUARE
Equal sum of rows and columns

Square matrix from integers 1 through n2 ​

<var_name> = magic (n)
n≥3

- DISTRIBUTED PSEUDORANDOM NUMBERS

UNIFORM NORMAL

Square matrix rand ( n ) randn ( n )

rand ( m , n ) randn ( m , n )
Specified row and column
rand ( [m , n] ) randn ( [m , n] )

Same size as the other rand ( size(<var_name>) ) randn ( size(<var_name>) )

Scalar rand randn

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DIAGONAL
Elements in the diagonal (square matrix)

<var_name> = diag (<vector>)

Elements of vector on the main diagonal
<var_name> = diag ( [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8] )

Specifies placement of elements on diagonal

<var_name> = diag (<vector> , k)
k=0 : main k > 0 : above k < 0 : below

Returns elements from a matrix

Column vector of main diagonal elements

<var_name> = diag (<matrix>)

Column vector of specific diagonal elements

<var_name> = diag (<matrix> , k)

TRIANGULAR MATRIX
All elements above or below the main diagonal are zero(0)

Lower Triangular Matrix

Lower triangle (above zeros) tril (<var_name>)

Specify diagonal
tril (<var_name> , k)
k=0 : main k > 0 : above k < 0 : below

Upper Triangular Matrix

Upper triangle (below zeros) triu (<var_name>)

Specify diagonal
triu (<var_name> , k)
k=0 : main k > 0 : above k < 0 : below
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MATRIX OPERATIONS

Addition A+B Same matrix size

Scalar Multiplication k*A

Multiplication A*B Equal inner dimensions

Exponentiation A*A A^n

Division A * inv(B) A/B

Transpose A‘

Inverse inv (A)

Determinant det (A)

ELEMENT-WISE OPERATIONS

Addition A+B

Multiplication A .* B

Division A ./ B

Exponentiation A .^ n
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POLYNOMIAL OPERATIONS

Declaration f = [ an an-1 an-2 … a1 a0 ]

Addition / Subtraction A+B

Multiplication conv ( A , B )

Division [ q , r ] = deconv (num , den)

(Answer: q + r / den)

Roots roots (A)

Polynomial Given the Roots poly (A_roots)

Value of Polynomial polyval ( A , x )

Partial Fraction Expansion [ r , p , k ] = residue (num , den)

(Answer: r1/(s-p1) + … + rn/(s-pn) + k(s)

DIFFERENTIATION

MATLAB BUILT-IN ( polyder )

Derivative of p polyder (p)

Derivative of ab polyder (a , b)

Derivative of a / b;​ [ q , p ] = polyder (a , b)

Returns numerator q and denominator p

SYMBOLIC MATH ( diff )

Differentiates f with respect to x, n times diff ( f , ‘x’ , n )

INTEGRATION

MATLAB BUILT-IN ( polyint )

Integral of p ; with constant of integration k=0 polyint (p)

Integral of p ; with specific constant k polyint (p , k)

SYMBOLIC MATH ( int )

Integral of f with respect to x from a to b int ( f , x , a , b )

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