• Doron Levy is elected SIAM Class of 2026 Fellow

    Doron Levy was elected Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), class of 2026:  https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-announces-2026-class-of-fellows.   Dr. Levy is recognized for his amazingly-stellar and sustained distinguished contributions to research and training in mathematical oncology and mathematical biology.  This exceedingly well-deserved award is fantastic for our department and university. Read More

  • Artem Chernikov awarded the Bessel Research Award by the Humboldt Foundation

    This award is given annually to internationally renowned academics from outside of Germany in recognition of their research accomplishments.  This award is named after Bessel and funded by the German ministry of education and research. Congratulations Atrem Chernikov.  https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-research-award  Read More

  • Mapping the Mind

    Junior computer science and mathematics double major Brooke Guo analyzes neural connections to understand the causes of complex brain conditions like schizophrenia.  When Brooke Guo arrived at the University of Maryland as a freshman in 2022, she knew she wanted to help people and work in a health-related field someday.… Read More

  • Four Science Terps Awarded 2025 Goldwater Scholarships

    Four undergraduates in the University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) have been awarded 2025 scholarships by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which encourages students to pursue advanced study and research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.  Over the last 16 years, UMD’s nominations… Read More

  • Announcing the Winners of the Frontiers of Science Awards

    Congratulations to our colleagues who won the 2025 Frontiers of Science Award: - Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner, for his join paper with Humbler and Seyfaddini: “Proof of the simplicity conjecture”, Annals of Mathematics 2024. - Dima Dolgopyat & Adam Kanigowski, for their joint paper with Federico Rodriguez Hertz: “Exponential mixing implies Bernoulli”, Annals of Mathematics… Read More
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Description

Fundamentals of Matlab, including how to run the software, basic commands, variables, solving equations, simple (pre-) calculus operations, matrices and vectors, functions, basic programming and M-files. Workload includes six assignments, one for each 3-4 days. Expected workload is 2-3 hourse per day of independent study.

Prerequisites

MATH 141

Topics

Introduction

What is MATLAB?
Starting MATLAB
What are all these windows?
Getting started

Basic Commands

Using MATLAB like a calculator
Other basic commands: precision for display, keeping a diary, self-test

Variables

Ordinary variables
Applying symbolic variables

Solving Equations

Symbolic solutions
Numerical solutions

Script M-files

Simple Calculus and Pre-calculus Operations

Plotting curves
Symbolic differentiation
Numerical integration
Solving differential equations

Matrices and Vectors

Basics of matrices and vectors
More with vectors and matrices

Functions

Function basics
More with functions

Programming with MATLAB

Basic programming structures
Function M-files

Publishing M-Files

Limitations of MATLAB

MuPAD

Introduction to MuPAD
Intermediate MuPAD

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