Vectors with MATLAB (Taken from "MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach")

This concise article of thirty pages takes you on a short tour on how to handle vectors using MATLAB. Topics covered include how to generate vectors in MATLAB, different operations on vectors, and how to handle vector and scalar quantities. Various MATLAB functions associated with vectors are also explored. At the end of the presentation, a small section is devoted to symbolic computing with vectors using the MATLAB Symbolic Math Toolbox. The presentation is made in the form of solved examples showing the exact MATLAB commands used and the output. At the end of the article, there are about 41 unsolved exercises for students to practice. The solutions to all the exercises are also provided. This article is taken form the bestselling book “MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach.”