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Appendix C

The chapter details the evolution and characteristics of MATLAB, highlighting its strengths, weaknesses, and competition in the scientific computing landscape. MATLAB, developed initially in the 1970s, succeeded by leveraging FORTRAN subroutines and has seen significant advancement over the years. Despite its ease of use and optimized performance for matrix operations, MATLAB faces competition from various other programming tools that cater to both numerical and symbolic computation tasks.

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  • C

    Main Characteristics Of Matlab

    This section provides an overview of MATLAB's history, strengths, weaknesses, and competition, highlighting its development, functionalities, and market position.

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  • C.1

    History

    The history of MATLAB outlines its development from the early 1970s by Cleve Moler, its connection to FORTRAN libraries, and its evolution into a powerful programming tool with the establishment of The MathWorks in 1984.

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  • C.2

    Strengths

    The strengths of MATLAB include its dual functionality as a calculator and programming language, its ease of learning, and its optimization for matrix operations.

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  • C.3

    Weaknesses

    MATLAB has certain limitations as a programming language and its applicability within fields outside scientific computing.

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  • C.4

    Competition

    MATLAB faces competition from several software packages, most notably Mathematica, which excels in symbolic computation while MATLAB is favored for numerical analysis.

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References

apendix C.pdf

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