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MIT OpenCourseWare 6.094 Introduction to MATLAB? January (IAP) 2009 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit: /terms. 6.094 Introduction to Programming in MATLAB? Sourav Dey Danilo ??epanovi? Ankit Patel Patrick Ho IAP 2009 Lecture 1: Variables, Operations, and Plotting Course Layout ? Lectures (7pm-9pm) 1: Variables, Operations and Plotting 2: Visualization Programming 3: Solving Equations, Fitting 4: Advanced Methods Course Layout ? Problem Sets / Office Hours One per day, should take about 3 hours to do Submit doc or pdf (include pertinent code) ? Requirements for passing Attend all lectures Complete all problem sets (FAIL, Check or +) ? Prerequisites Basic familiarity with programming Basic linear algebra, differential equations, and probability Outline (1) Getting Started (2) Making Variables (3) Manipulating Variables (4) Basic Plotting Getting Started ? To get MATLAB Student Version for yourself ? /cgi-bin/matlab Use VPN client to enable off-campus access Note: MIT certificates are required ? Open up MATLAB for Windows Through the START Menu ? On Athena ? add matlab ? matlab Command Window Current directory Workspace Command History Courtesy of The MathWorks, Inc. Used with permission. Customization ? File Preferences Allows you personalize your MATLAB experience Courtesy of The MathWorks, Inc. Used with permission. MATLAB Basics ? MATLAB can be thought of as a super-powerful graphing calculator Remember the TI-83 from calculus? With many more buttons (built-in functions) ? In addition it is a programming language MATLAB is an interpreted language, like Scheme Commands executed line by line Conversing with MATLAB ? who MATLAB replies with the variables in your workspace ? what MATLAB replies with the current directory and MATLAB files in the directory ? why ? help The most important function for learning MATLAB on your own More on help later Outline (1) Getting Started (2) Making Variables (3) Manipulating Variab