GEOSC 444
Matlab Application for Geoscience

Overview

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Lesson 1 introduces the most basic features of MATLAB.

  • MATLAB as a calculator
  • getting command help inside MATLAB
  • naming variables
  • operation precedence
  • punctuation, MATLAB intrinsic variables and functions
  • how some computations in MATLAB are different from those in a spreadsheet program

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

  • use MATLAB to perform simple calculations and solve simple algebra and trig problems
  • identify valid variable names
  • know where to look for how-to help within MATLAB

Lesson Roadmap

Lesson Roadmap
To Read Lesson pages
To Do
  • Download/install MATLAB and/or login to psu's webapps to use MATLAB.
  • Work through example activities in the lesson 1 pages
  • Work through self-check quiz at the end of the lesson.
  • Take low-stakes quiz
To Deliver Quiz in Canvas

Questions?

If you have questions, please feel free to post them to the Questions?  forum in Canvas. I will check this forum daily. While you are there, feel free to post your own responses if you, too, are able to help a classmate.