Publisher Summary
This chapter defines the MATLAB Tutorial that introduces the functionality and power of the MATLAB® software, a powerful tool. MATLAB contains a large number of diverse operators and functions, covering virtually all applied mathematics, with particularly powerful functions in calculus and linear algebra. It is a high-performance programming environment for numerical and technical applications. If one would like to explore these functions, the MATLAB help function provides an excellent starting point. One can summon the help with the help command. The basic structure of this tutorial is as follows: each new concept is introduced through an example, an exercise, and some suggestions on how to explore the principles that guide the implementation of the concept in MATLAB. While working through the examples and exercises is indispensable, taking the suggestions for exploration seriously is also highly recommended. It has been shown that negative examples are very conducive to learning; in other words, it is very important to find out what does not work, in addition to what does work.