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MATLAB Lecture 3 - Built-In Matlab Functions

MATLAB has a built-in library of functions for calculations like square roots, sizes of matrices, and complex numbers. Common functions calculate things like square roots, trigonometric functions, maximums/minimums, averages, sums, and sorting. Help documents provide information on using functions and complex numbers can be entered as two-element vectors or using complex(x,y). The document lists many mathematical functions available in MATLAB.

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MATLAB Lecture 3 - Built-In Matlab Functions

MATLAB has a built-in library of functions for calculations like square roots, sizes of matrices, and complex numbers. Common functions calculate things like square roots, trigonometric functions, maximums/minimums, averages, sums, and sorting. Help documents provide information on using functions and complex numbers can be entered as two-element vectors or using complex(x,y). The document lists many mathematical functions available in MATLAB.

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MATLAB I

Lecture 3: Built-in MATLAB


Functions
MATLAB has extensive library of built-in functions to perform calculations, such as:
• sqrt calculates the square root of the variable
x = 9;
b = sqrt(x)
Ans:
b =
3
• sqrt can also accept matrices as input
x = [4, 9, 16];
b = sqrt(x)
Ans:
b =
2 3 4

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• size function returns number of rows and columns in a matrix, it displays the
answer in 1 x 2 matrix
d = [1, 2, 3; 4, 5, 6];
f = size(d)
Ans:
f =
2 3
• It can also assign the variable names to each answers by representing the left-hand
side of the assignment statement as a matrix
[rows,cols] = size(d)
Ans:
rows = 2
cols = 3
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Can create more complicated expression by nesting functions

x = 2;
g = sqrt(sin(x))

Returns
g =
0.9536

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List of common math functions

Matlab for Engineers, Holly Moore, 3rd Edition


Functions used in discrete
mathematics

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Rounding functions

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Trigonometry
functions

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Maxima and minima
functions

Matlab for Engineers, Holly Moore, 3rd Edition


Maxima and minima
functions

Matlab for Engineers, Holly Moore, 3rd Edition


Maxima and minima
functions

Matlab for Engineers, Holly Moore, 3rd Edition


Averages functions

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Sums and products

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Sums and products

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Sorting functions

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Sorting functions

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Size functions

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Statistical functions

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Random-number generators

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help is useful in
understanding how to use
functions.

To get help on a particular


topic, type help <topic>

Remember that <> identifies


where you should type your
input, and is not included in the
actual statement

Alternative of this is to press F1


to open MATLAB Help window
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Complex number In matrix:

For example x = 1:3;


y = [-1,5,12];
complex(x,y)
Can be input as
A = 5 + 3i
or Returns:
A = 5+3*i ans =
or 1.000-1.000i
A = complex(5,3) 2.000+5.000i
which returns 3.000+12.000i
A =
5.0000 + 3.0000i
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Functions used with
complex numbers

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Functions used with
complex numbers

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Lab/homework Chapter 2
Problems
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.13
• 3.16
• 3.17

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