MATLAB, a software package for high-performance numerical computation and visualization, is one of the most widely used tools for science and engineering applications. Its broad appeal lies in its interactive environment with hundreds of built-in functions for technical computation, graphics, and animation. It also provides easy extensibility with its own high-level programming language.brGetting Started with MATLAB 5: A Quick Introduction for Scientists and Engineers gets students started in MATLAB quickly and easily, in a few short hours. Chapters one and two provide a thorough introduction to the basics and five self-guided lessons. Remaining chapters cover useful and interesting elementary, advanced, and special MATLAB functions.brPrefacebr1. Introductionbr1.1. What Is MATLAB?br1.2. Does MATLAB Do Symbolic Calculations?br1.3. Will MATLAB Run On My Computer?br1.4. Where Do I Get MATLAB?br1.5. How Do I Use This Book?br1.6. Basics of MATLABbr1.6.1. MATLAB windowsbr1.6.2. On-line helpbr1.6.3. Input-Outputbr1.6.4. File typesbr1.6.5. Platform dependencebr1.6.6. General commands you should rememberbr1.7. Visit This Againbr2. Tutorial Lessonsbr2.1. Lesson 1: A Minimum MATLAB Sessionbr2.2. Lesson 2: Working with Arrays of Numbersbr2.3. Lesson 3: Creating and Printing Simple Plotsbr2.4. Lesson 4: Creating, Saving, and Executing A Script Filebr2.5. Lesson 5: Creating and Executing a Function Filebr3. Interactive Computationbr3.1. Matrices and Vectorsbr3.1.1. Inputbr3.1.2. Indexing (or Subscripting)br3.1.3. Matrix Manipulationbr3.1.4. Creating Vectorsbr3.2. Matrix and Array Operationsbr3.2.1. Arithmetic operationsbr3.2.2. Relational operationsbr3.2.3. Logical operationsbr3.2.4. Elementary math functionsbr3.2.5. Matrix functionsbr3.2.6. Character stringsbr3.3. Using Built-in Functions and On-line Helpbr3.3.1. Example-1: Finding the determinant of a matrixbr3.3.2. Example-2: Finding eigenvalues and ei?è