The MATLAB 5 Handbook

BCC: The Matlab 5 Handbook is an easily accessible reference tool and first resource for the numerical computation system MATLAB. Each MATLAB command, in both the standard library and the applications toolboxes, is described in a precise, concise, and consistent manner. Topics, including calculus, linear algebra, graphics, and more, are explained in context. The Matlab 5 Handbook begins with MATLABQuickstart, an introductory session which will help get the reader off to a flying start. Each section then starts off with a practical introduction to the subject area and there is an introduction to MATLAB programming as a whole. Each entry includes the command name, common types of parameter sequences, a description, what type of output to expect, additional hints and information, and extensive cross references. ***info but not part of BCC*** Everyone who uses MATLAB in more than the most cursory fashion will find this book a helpful tool, not only because of its structure, but because it combines elements previously unavailable in any other book or in the on-line help files for MATLAB. It is fully up to date for MATLAB 5.
TOC: Introduction; MATLABQuick Start; Linear Equations; Sparse Matrices; Non-Linear Equations; Optimization; Integration and Differentiation; Ordinary Differential Equations; Mathematical Functions and Operators; Symbolic Computations; Graphing Points and Curves; Graphing Surfaces and Volumes; Animation; Controlling Graphics Properties; Graphical User-Interface Functions; Programming in MATLAB; Advanced Data Structures; File Input/Output; Debugging MATLAB Programs; Object- Oriented Programming; Miscellaneous; Matlab Resources.