MATLAB Synopsis : All you need to know about MATLAB

MATLAB can be used for:

• Algorithm development
• Math and computation
• Scientific and engineering graphics
• Data analysis, exploration, and visualization
• Modelling, prototyping, and simulation
• Application development, including Graphical User Interface building

Application of MATLAB:

MATLAB is a commercial package. We need to purchase a licensed version to use the full features of MATLAB. It is considered to be the backbone of the Mathematics Department software lineup and is also available for all platforms including Linux and Macintosh. MATLAB is well designed to carry numerical experiments with its built-in functions and supplied m-files that are based on the standard libraries LINPACK and EISPACK.

MATLAB FILES:

Like in other programming languages has the extensions of ".py", ".c" or  ".cpp"; MATLAB Program when saved or stored in the system ends with a ".m" extension. This programming language is exceptionally straightforward and with accepting array as their basic data element that does not require dimensioning. This property of MATLAB allows user to solve many technical computing problems, especially those with matrix and vector formulations and in a fraction of the time.

We can also see the Graphical output of numerical results.

Some Facts about MATLAB:

• Matlab was initially released in 1984. The latest version has been released in 2021.
• Matlab is built on C, C++ language.
• In universities, MATLAB is the standard Instructional tool for Introductory as well as advanced courses in mathematics, engineering, and sciences.
• MATLAB is a preferred tool of choice for high-productivity research, development, and analysis.
• MATLAB can be used to learn specialized technology. 
• It acts as a tool box for areas including:
  • Signal Processing
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Robotics
  • Neural Networks
  • Simulation

Five Main Parts of MATLAB System:

The MATLAB system contains five main parts:

1. MATLAB's language:
   This is a high-level matrix/array language with control flow statements,  input/output, data structures, functions and object-oriented programming features. It allows "programming in the small" to rapidly create quick programs, and "programming in the large" to create large and complex application programs.
2. MATLAB's Working Environment:This is the set of tools and facilities that you work with as the MATLAB user or programmer. It includes facilities for managing the variables in your workspace and importing and exporting data. It also includes tools for developing, managing, debugging, and profiling M-files, MATLAB's applications.
3. Handle Graphics:
   MATLAB's Graphics system includes high-level (as well as low-level) commands for 2D and 3D Data Visualization, Animation, Image Processing, and Presentation of Graphics. It allows the user to customize the appearance of graphics and build GUI(Graphical User Interfaces) on MATLAB Applications.
4. MATLAB's mathematical function library:
   MATLAB is a huge collection of computational algorithms ranging from basic functions like sum, subtraction, sine, cosine, and complex arithmetic, to more advanced functions like matrix inverse, matrix eigenvalues, fast Fourier transforms and many more.
5. MATLAB's Application Program Interface (API):
   MATLAB's API allows you to write C & Fortran programs. It includes facilities for calling routines from MATLAB (dynamic linking), calling MATLAB as a computational engine, and for reading and writing MAT files.

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