Contents

About the Author

image Chapter 1: Introducing MATLAB and the MATLAB Working Environment

Introduction

Developing Algorithms and Applications

Data Access and Analysis

Data Visualization

Numerical Calculation

Publication of Results and Distribution of Applications

The MATLAB working environment

Help in MATLAB

Numerical Computation with MATLAB

Symbolic Calculations with MATLAB

Graphics with MATLAB

General Notation

Help with Commands

MATLAB and Programming

Commands to Escape and Exit to the MS-DOS Environment

image Chapter 2: First Order Differential Equations. Exact Equations, Separation of Variables, Homogeneous and Linear Equations

First Order Differential Equations

Separation of Variables

Homogeneous Differential Equations

Exact Differential Equations

Linear Differential Equations

image Chapter 3: Higher Order Differential Equations. The Laplace Transform and Special Types of Equations

Ordinary High-Order Equations

Linear Higher-Order Equations. Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients

Non-Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients. Variation of Parameters

Non-Homogeneous Equations with Variable Coefficients. Cauchy–Euler Equations

The Laplace Transform

Orthogonal Polynomials

Chebychev Polynomials of the First and Second Kind

Legendre Polynomials

Associated Legendre Polynomials

Hermite Polynomials

Generalized Laguerre Polynomials

Laguerre Polynomials

Jacobi Polynomials

Gegenbauer Polynomials

Bessel and Airy Functions

image Chapter 4: Differential Equations Via Approximation Methods

Higher Order Equations and Approximation Methods

The Taylor Series Method

The Runge–Kutta Method

image Chapter 5: Systems of Differential Equations and Finite Difference Equations

Systems of Linear Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients

Systems of Linear Non-Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients

Finite Difference Equations

Partial Differential Equations

image Chapter 6: Numerical Calclus with MATLAB. Applications to Differential Equations

MATLAB and Programming

Text Editor

Scripts

Functions and M-Files. Function, Eval and Feval

Local and Global Variables

Data Types

Flow Control: FOR Loops, WHILE and IF ELSEIF

The FOR Loop

The WHILE Loop

IF ELSEIF ELSE END Loops

Switch and Case

Continue

Break

Try ...  Catch

Return

Subfunctions

Ordinary Differential Equations Using Numerical Analysis

Euler’s Method

Heun’s Method

The Taylor Series Method

image Chapter 7: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations with Initial and Boundary Values

Numerical Solutions of Differential Equations

Ordinary Differential Equations with Initial Values

Ordinary Differential Equations with Boundary Values

Partial Differential Equations

image Chapter 8: Symbolic Differential and Integral Calculus

Symbolic Computation with MATLAB. Symbolic Variables

Symbolic Functions. Substitution and Functional Operations

Mathematical Analysis Functions. Limits, Continuity, and Series

Derivatives, Integrals and Differential Equations

Linear Algebra: Simplifying and Solving Equations

..................Content has been hidden....................

You can't read the all page of ebook, please click here login for view all page.
Reset