MATLAB began as a "MATrix LABoratory" program, intended to provide interactive access to the famous LINPACK and EISPACK libraries of state-of-the-art numerical routines. These are carefully tested, high-quality general-use packages for solving linear equations and eigenvalue problems.
The goal of Matlab was to enable scientists to use matrix-based techniques to solve problems, without having to write programs in traditional languages like C and Fortran. More capabilities have been added to this version, in particular outstanding graphics support for the X window environment.
In order to run MATLAB, it is necessary to have an X
windows computer or an X window simulator program. For IBMs and IBM
compatible, 32 X Win is recommended and for Macs, Mac X is recommended.
These programs will allow the computer to employ the graphical elements of
MATLAB can be used by simply typing
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