Matlab commands

Arnaud Zufferey
arnaud.zufferey@epfl.ch

December 7, 2003

Echelon form B = rref(A)

Random matrix A = rand(m,n)
Echelon form step by step rrefmovie(A)
Save save var-1 var-2 var-n myFile.mat
Load load myFile.mat
Clear clear myFile.mat
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Help help command-name
B = Transpose(A) B = A’
Inverse(A) B = inv(A)
B = eye(m) / A
B = rref([ A eye(m)])
Condition number Cond(A)
Identity matrix Inxn eye(n)
Upper triangular matrix Unxn U = triu(rand(n))
Lower triangular matrix Lnxn L = tril(rand(n))
Diagonal vector Diag(A) or Diag(A,0)
Diagonal matrix Diag(Diag(A))
Other diagonal Diag(Diag(A,1),2
Display variables who
Working directory pwd
Unit vector uv = ones(n,1) or uv = ones(1,n)
Unit matrix um = ones(n,n)
Wait ;
Zero matrix z = zeros(m,n)
Scalar product C = Dot(A,B) or C = A’*B
Elements x = A(m,n)
Row r = A(m,:) mth row of A
Column c = A(:,n) nth column of A
Null space null(c)
Column space orth(c)
Rank rank(M)
Eigenvalues eig(A)