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Edward Arnold · First published 1997

Essential MATLAB for Scientists and Engineers

About this book

Brian Hahn's undergraduate introduction to MATLAB for scientific and engineering computing. Covers the MATLAB language itself, applied numerical methods (roots, integration, ODEs, linear systems), and the visualisation tools needed for engineering coursework and final-year projects. Carried through many editions as the MATLAB language evolved.

The sequence moves from the interactive command-line through script and function files into the data structures and control flow of MATLAB programming, then into applied numerical methods — root finding, numerical integration, linear systems, ordinary differential equations and curve fitting — pitched at the level of laboratory computation in undergraduate science and engineering. Chapters on plotting address the working output expected from coursework and final-year project reports.

Brian Hahn was Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town, where his teaching paired careful explanation of the underlying mathematics with adaptable example scripts; companion Arnold texts on C and Fortran extended the same pedagogy across languages. The volume was carried forward through successive editions as the MATLAB language evolved.

About the author

Brian D. Hahn— Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town

Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computing · 1946–2005

Affiliations: University of Cape Town — Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

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Intended audience

  • science and engineering undergraduates
  • MATLAB beginners
  • final-year project students

Subject classification

  • MATLAB programming
  • Scientific computing
  • Numerical methods

Scope

  • MATLAB language fundamentals
  • numerical methods in MATLAB
  • engineering plotting & visualisation
  • MATLAB programming structures

Edition history

First published
1997
Imprint
Edward Arnold

Bibliographic details

FormatISBNYearNotes
Print ISBN (catalogue)0340691441—ISBN from the publisher’s historical catalogue listing.
ISBN-13 (EAN-13)9780340691441—Standard 13-digit form of the print ISBN above (same title line).

Source notes

  • ISBN-13 equivalents — Where a 13-digit ISBN is listed, it is the standard EAN-13 form of the same 10-digit Hodder Arnold number (same catalogue line, different barcode).

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