Mathematics

Matlab Desktop components and their organization, workspace, command window, command history, online documentation, window layout, preferences, script editor, array editor. Workspace manipulation, loading and saving data to .mat files, loading and saving scripts to .m files. Strings, scalars, constants, math functions, vectors, matrices. Variable assignment, arithmetic operations, concatenation, transposition, length and size, element-wise operations, access/modification/deletion of elements and blocks of elements, predefined useful matrices, creation, manipulation and more advanced operations on vectors and matrices. Relational and logical operators in scalar, vector and matrix form. Flow control and loop control. Anonymous functions, primary functions, global variables, secondary workspaces. Graphics components, object hierarchy, object handles, reading/writing/finding object properties. Main properties of figure, axes, line, surface, image objects. Visualization of points and graphs in the plane and in the space, functions of one and two variables, parametric curves and surfaces, vector fields, contour lines, modification of color properties, style, markers via handles. Color maps, lights, lighting and texture mapping. Time measurement, animations in real time. Interactive uicontrol components: buttons, sliders, text fields, popup menus. Behavior of the uicontrols through customized functions and creation of graphical interfaces.

Basic knowledge of the typical constructs of programming languages, relational and logical operators, flow control, loop control, elementary operations on vectors and matrices. Topics covered in the courses of Programming and Calculus Laboratory and Linear Algebra.

Matlab online documentation, official guide in pdf format, lecture notes and scripts. Further readings: - Cleve Moler, Numerical Computing with Matlab, SIAM, 2004 - Peter I. Kattan, Matlab for beginners. A gentle approach, Createspace, 2008

Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended.

The exam takes place in the laboratory (max 3 hours) and consists of a practical test, i.e. the creation of a MATLAB script on a theme that will be assigned at the beginning of the test itself, similar to those presented during the course.

Matlab online documentation, official guide in pdf format, lecture notes and scripts. Further readings: - Cleve Moler, Numerical Computing with Matlab, SIAM, 2004 - Peter I. Kattan, Matlab for beginners. A gentle approach, Createspace, 2008

The course takes place entirely in the laboratory and provides for continuous interaction between the teacher and the students. Each student occupies a workstation equipped with a computer and, as new concepts/tools are introduced, there is a direct implementation of code aimed at understanding and faster use of the same. Office hours: by appointment (email).

Matlab Desktop components and their organization, workspace, command window, command history, online documentation, window layout, preferences, script editor, array editor. Workspace manipulation, loading and saving data to .mat files, loading and saving scripts to .m files. Strings, scalars, constants, math functions, vectors, matrices. Variable assignment, arithmetic operations, concatenation, transposition, length and size, element-wise operations, access/modification/deletion of elements and blocks of elements, predefined useful matrices, creation, manipulation and more advanced operations on vectors and matrices. Relational and logical operators in scalar, vector and matrix form. Flow control and loop control. Anonymous functions, primary functions, global variables, secondary workspaces. Graphics components, object hierarchy, object handles, reading/writing/finding object properties. Main properties of figure, axes, line, surface, image objects. Visualization of points and graphs in the plane and in the space, functions of one and two variables, parametric curves and surfaces, vector fields, contour lines, modification of color properties, style, markers via handles. Color maps, lights, lighting and texture mapping. Time measurement, animations in real time. Interactive uicontrol components: buttons, sliders, text fields, popup menus. Behavior of the uicontrols through customized functions and creation of graphical interfaces.

Basic knowledge of the typical constructs of programming languages, relational and logical operators, flow control, loop control, elementary operations on vectors and matrices. Topics covered in the courses of Programming and Calculus Laboratory and Linear Algebra.

Matlab online documentation, official guide in pdf format, lecture notes and scripts. Further readings: - Cleve Moler, Numerical Computing with Matlab, SIAM, 2004 - Peter I. Kattan, Matlab for beginners. A gentle approach, Createspace, 2008

Attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended.

The exam takes place in the laboratory (max 3 hours) and consists of a practical test, i.e. the creation of a MATLAB script on a theme that will be assigned at the beginning of the test itself, similar to those presented during the course.

Matlab online documentation, official guide in pdf format, lecture notes and scripts. Further readings: - Cleve Moler, Numerical Computing with Matlab, SIAM, 2004 - Peter I. Kattan, Matlab for beginners. A gentle approach, Createspace, 2008

The course takes place entirely in the laboratory and provides for continuous interaction between the teacher and the students. Each student occupies a workstation equipped with a computer and, as new concepts/tools are introduced, there is a direct implementation of code aimed at understanding and faster use of the same. Office hours: by appointment (email).