Computing Resources in ESCI

Unix Software: Math: Matlab

Description

Matlab is a popular mathematical (numerical) solving program and programming language. The name comes from "Matrix Library", and as that suggests, Matlab is highly oriented towards linear algebra capabilites.

Location

/usr/site/matlab

Commands

matlab - run Matlab.
ldd - list dynamic dependencies of executable files or shared objects .
mex - builds a MATLAB MEX-file from C and/or Fortran sources.

Documentation

Matlab is self-documented. After getting the main program started, you can find detailed documentation about individual functions and operators by typing "help xxxx" where xxxx is the name of a function, or by typing "help" with no arguments and browsing the various sections and subsections.

See Also

Mathematica
Maple


Questions? Comments? Please contact Mary Cochran.