... iiiPreface Kermit Sigmon, author of the MATLAB Primer, passed away in January 1997. Kermit was a friend, colleague, and fellow avid bicyclist (although I’m a mere 10-mile -a- day commuter) ... with whom I shared an appreciation for the contribution that MATLAB has made to the mathematics, engineering, and scientific community. MATLAB is a powerful tool, and my hope is that in revising ... solutions mathematically and graphically. Complex numeric and symbolic problems can be solved in a fraction of the time required with a programming language such as C, Fortran, or Java. How...