Built-in MATLAB

Functions
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• Use a variety of common mathematical functions

• Understand and use trigonometric functions in
MATLAB
100
• Compute and use statistical and data analysis
200
functions
300
• Generate uniform and Gaussian random-number
matrices
400

500
100 200 300 400 500

• Understand the computational limits of MATLAB

• Recognize and be able to use the special values and
functions built into MATLAB

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3.1 Using Built-in Functions
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For example
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300

400
• sin
500
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• cos
• log

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 Function Input can be either
scalars or matrices
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 Function Input can be either
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 Using Predefined
Functions
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• Name
• Input argument(s)
100
• Output In MATLAB
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300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500
sqrt (x)= result sqrt(4)
ans = 2

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multiple inputs
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• Remainder function returns the

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remainder in a division problem

• For example the remainder of
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10/3, is 1
300

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500
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multiple results
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• size function determines the

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number of rows and columns

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500
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 You can assign names to
the output
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The variable names are

arbitrary – choose something
100
that makes sense in the
200 context of your problem
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400

500
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Rate of Change Nesting Functions
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3.2 Using the Help Feature
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• There are functions for almost

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• Use the help feature to find out what

they are and how to use them
• From the command window
100

200 • From the help selection on the menu bar

300

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500
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From the Command Window

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From the Help Menu

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 The windowed help function
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can also be accessed using
the doc command
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 3.3 Elementary Math
Functions
Rate of Change
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As• inabs(x) absolute

most computer languages, value
log(x) is
the syntax for the natural log – there is no
ln•function
sign(x) plus or minus
defined in MATLAB
• exp(x) ex
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200

300

400

500
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• log(x) natural log
• log10(x) log base 10

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• fix(x)
• floor(x)
• ceil(x)
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3.3.3 Discrete Mathematics
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• factor(x)
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• gcd(x,y) greatest common denominator

• lcm(x) lowest common multiple
• rats(x) represent x as a fraction
• factorial(x)
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200

• nchoosek(n,k)
300

400

• primes(x)
500
100 200 300 400 500

• isprime(x)

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3.4 Trigonometric Functions
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• cos(x) cosine
• tan(x) tangent
• asin(x) inverse sine
100 • sinh(x) hyperbolic sine
200

300
• asinh(x) inverse hyperbolic sine
400

500
• sind(x) sine with degree input
• asind(x) inverse sin with degree
100 200 300 400 500

output

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3.5 Data Analysis Functions
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• min(x) • var(x)
• mean(x)
100 • median(x)
•
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300
sum(x)
400

500
100 200 300 400 500 • prod(x)
• sort(x)
• sortrows(x)
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When the max function is used with a

vector (either a row or a column), it
100 returns the maximum value in the
200
vector
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400

500
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500
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When x is a matrix,
the max is found for
each column
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max value

index number where

the max value
occurs
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200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500 The max function can also be used to
determine where the maximum occurs

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Vector of maximums
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Vector of row numbers

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3.5.4 Sorting Values
400

500
100 200 300 400 500

It’s easy to sort data in MATLAB, using the

sort function

The default is to sort in ascending order

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400
To sort in descending order, just add the word
500
100 200 300 400 500
‘descend’ in the second input field

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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

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-3.5

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-2.5

-2

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-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

MATLAB is column dominant, so

when sort is used with a 2-D matrix,
each column is sorted in ascending
order
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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

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-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

The sortrows function allows

400

500

you to sort entire rows, based

100 200 300 400 500

on the value in a specified

column.
The default sorting column is
#1
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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

In this example the matrix is sorted

in ascending order, based on the
second column
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-4.5
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

Notice that this is a different

strategy than that used by the
sort function!
100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

To sort based on
descending order, place a
negative sign in front of the
column number
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3.5.5 Determining Matrix Size
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

• size(x) number of rows

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

and columns
• length(x) biggest dimension
100

200

• numel(x) total number of

300

400

500

elements
100 200 300 400 500

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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

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-2.5

-2

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-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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Deviation
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

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-3

-2.5


-2

-1.5

• std(x)
-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

• var(x)  2

 x  
100 2
k
200

300

  2 k 1
400

N 1
500
100 200 300 400 500

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Rate of Change Standard Deviation
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

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-2.5

-2

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-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

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-2.5

-2

-1.5

• rand(x)
-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

• Returns an x by x matrix of random

numbers between 0 and 1
100 • rand(n,m)
200

300

400
• Returns an n by m matrix of random
500
100 200 300 400 500 numbers
• These random numbers are
evenly distributed
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-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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-4.5
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

If you create a very large matrix of

random numbers using the rand
100
function, the average value will be
200 0.5
300

Notice that we created a 1 by 107

400

500

matrix, which required 2 inputs

100 200 300 400 500

(rand(1,10e6)). If we had entered a

single value (rand(10e6)) the result
would have been a 1x107 by 1x107
matrix.
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numbers
Rate of Change
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-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

• randn(n)
-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

• Also called a normal distribution

• Generates numbers with a mean
100

200
of 0 and a standard deviation of 1
300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5
First generate an
-1

-0.5

0
array of 10 million
gaussian random
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

numbers

Use MATLAB to
take the mean, and
100
notice that it is very
200 close to 0
300

Use MATLAB to
400

500

find the standard

100 200 300 400 500

deviation, and
notice that it is
very close to 1

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-4.5
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200
The hist function creates a
histogram of the input data
300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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-4.5
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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To generate random
numbers between other
-4.5
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

bounds…
-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300
x  b  a   r  a
a and b are the upper and lower
400

500
100 200 300 400 500

bounds
r is the array of random numbers

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100 120
Rate of Change
-5
100
-4.5 80
Average = 50
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

80
-3.5

Average = 50

# of students
-3

-2.5
60

Score
60
-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5
40
0
40
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

20
20

0 0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 0 20 40 60 80 100
Student Number Score

100 120

100
80
100

80 Average = 50

# of students
Average = 50
200 60
Score

300
60
40
400 40

500 20
100 200 300 400 500 20

0 0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 0 20 40 60 80 100
Student Number Score

Although the average is the same for each of these data sets,
they have a different standard deviation
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Matrices
Rate of Change
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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

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-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

• M(:)
-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

• Converts a two dimensional matrix

to a single column
100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

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-3.5

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-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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Rate of Change 3.7 Complex Numbers
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

• complex(x,y)
-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

• real(A) used if A is a
complex
number
100
• imag(A)
200

300
• isreal(A)
imaginary
400

500
100 200 300 400 500
• conj(A)
real
• abs(A)
• angle(A)
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-1.5

• MATLAB’s computational range

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

on most computers is:

• 10-308
100 • 10308
200

300

400
• When you divide by 0, the
500
100 200 300 400 500
computer returns Inf

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Rate of Change

computer with these commands

Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

• realmax
-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

• realmin
• intmax
• intmin
100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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-4.5
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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numbers the result may depend on
the order of operation
-4.5
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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Miscellaneous Functions
Rate of Change
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Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

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-3

-2.5

-2

• pi
-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

• i,j
Hint: The function i is the
• Inf
most common of these
• NaN
100

200
• clock
functions to be
300

400
• date
unintentionally renamed
500
100 200 300 400 500

• eps by MATLAB users.

• ans

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Rate of Change Summary
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

• MATLAB contains a wide array of

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

predefined functions
• Elementary Math Functions
100
• Trigonometric Functions
200

300
• Data Analysis Functions
400

500
• Random Numbers
100 200 300 400 500

• Complex Numbers

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Rate of Change Summary
Rate of temperature change, degrees/hour

-4

-3.5

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

• The colon operator allows you to

-1

-0.5

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
time, hour

manipulate matrices

100

200

300

400

500
100 200 300 400 500

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