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Physical Modeling in MATLAB
R
Allen B. DowneyVersion 1.1.1
 
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Physical Modeling in MATLAB
R
Copyright 2007, 2008 Allen B. DowneyPermission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under theterms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later versionpublished by the Free Software Foundation; this book contains no InvariantSections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.You can obtain a copy of the GNU Free Documentation License fromwww.gnu.org or by writing to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 TemplePlace - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.The original form of this book is LaTeX source code. Compiling this LaTeXsource has the effect of generating a device-independent representation of abook, which can be converted to other formats and printed.This book was typeset by the author using latex, dvips and ps2pdf, among otherfree, open-source programs. The LaTeX source for this book is available from
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.MATLAB
R
is a registered trademark of The Mathworks, Inc. The Mathworksdoes not warrant the accuracy of this book; they probably don’t even like it.
 
Preface
Most books that use MATLAB are aimed at readers who know how to program.This book is for people who have never programmed before.As a result, the order of presentation is unusual. The book starts with scalarvalues and works up to vectors and matrices very gradually. This approachis good for beginning programmers, because it is hard to understand compos-ite objects until you understand basic programming semantics. But there areproblems:
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The MATLAB documentation is written in terms of matrices, and so arethe error messages. To mitigate this problem, the book explains the neces-sary vocabulary early and deciphers some of the messages that beginnersfind confusing.
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Many of the examples in the first half of the book are not idiomatic MAT-LAB. I address this problem in the second half by translating the examplesinto a more standard style.The book puts a lot of emphasis on functions, in part because they are animportant mechanism for controlling program complexity, and also because theyare useful for working with MATLAB tools like
fzero
and
ode45
.I assume that readers know calculus, differential equations, and physics, but notlinear algebra. I explain the math as I go along, but the descriptions might notbe enough for someone who hasn’t seen the material before.There are small exercises within each chapter, and a few larger exercises at theend of some chapters.This is Version 1.1 of the book. I used Version 0.9 for my class in Fall 2007. Imade some corrections based on feedback from students and others, then addedsome exercises and additional chapters. If you have suggestions and corrections,please send them to
downey@allendowney.com
.Allen B. DowneyNeedham, MADecember 28, 2007
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