MATLAB is matrix &；; The combination of the word laboratory means matrix laboratory, and the software is mainly oriented to the high-tech computing environment of scientific computing, visualization and interactive programming. It integrates many powerful functions such as numerical analysis, matrix calculation, scientific data visualization, nonlinear dynamic system modeling and simulation in an easy-to-use window environment.
MATLAB is mainly used in numerical analysis, numerical and symbolic calculation, engineering and scientific drawing, control system design and simulation, digital image processing, digital signal processing, communication system design and simulation, finance and financial engineering. It is a commercial mathematics software.
Three major mathematical software:
The basic data unit of 1 and MATLAB .MATLAB is matrix, and its instruction expressions are very similar to those commonly used in mathematics and engineering. Therefore, it is much simpler to solve problems with MATLAB than to do the same thing with C, FORTRAN and other languages, and MATLAB also absorbs the advantages of Maple and other software, making MATLAB a powerful mathematical software.
2. Mathematical software. Mathematica is a scientific computing software, which combines digital and symbolic computing engines, graphics systems, programming languages, text systems and advanced connections with other applications. Many functions are in the leading position in the corresponding fields in the world, and they are also one of the most widely used mathematical software.
Maple. Maple system has built-in advanced technologies to solve mathematical problems in modeling and simulation, including the world's most powerful symbolic calculation, infinite precision numerical calculation, innovative Internet connection, and powerful 4GL language. It has built-in more than 5,000 calculation commands, such as calculus, differential equations, special functions, linear algebra, image and sound processing, statistics, dynamic systems and so on.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia -MATLAB