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	Cleve's Corner - Collected Columns 1994-2007 by Cleve Moler

Previous Columns

Professor SVD - October 2006
Dr. Gene Golub has made the singular value decomposition one of the most powerful and widely used tools in modern matrix computation.
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The Growth of MATLAB and The MathWorks over Two Decades - January 2006
Cleve Moler reflects on milestones in the company's history and the development of MATLAB.

The Origins of MATLAB - December 2004
Cleve Moler describes his inspiration for authoring MATLAB (Video also available).

Numerical Computing with MATLAB - June 2004
New textbook available in electronic and print editions.

The MathWorks Logo is an Eigenfunction of the Wave Equation. - November 2003
The wave equation is a fundamental model in mathematical physics that describes how a disturbance travels through matter.

Stiff Differential Equations - May 2003
Stiffness is a subtle, difficult, and important concept in the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations.

The World's Largest Matrix Computation - October 2002
Google's PageRank is an eigenvector of a matrix of order 2.7 billion.

The Tetragamma Function and Numerical Craftsmanship - February 2002
MATLAB's Special mathematical functions in MATLAB rely on skills from another era.

Normal Behavior - Spring 2001
Ziggurat algorithm generates normally distributed random numbers.

Faster Finite Fourier Transforms - Winter 2000
MATLAB 6 incorporates FFTW.

MATLAB Incorporates LAPACK - Winter 2000
Increasing the speed and capabilities of matrix computation.

Optimally Speaking - Summer 1999
Optimization Toolbox features new methods for large-scale problems.

Objectively Speaking - Winter 1999
OOPS is not an apology.

Trigonometry Is a Complex Subject - Summer 1998
Revisiting inverse, complex, hyperbolic, floating-point trig functions.

Good Vibrations - Winter 1998
eigshow helps explain eigenvalues and singular values.

Are we there yet? - Simulink 1997 (Special Edition)
Zero crossing and event handling for differential equations.

Floating points - Fall 1996
IEEE Standard unifies arithmetic model.

Golden ODEs - Summer 1996
New ordinary differential equation solvers for MATLAB and Simulink.

Random thoughts - Fall 1995
MATLAB's new random floating-point number generator.

The QR algorithm - Summer 1995
Striving for infallibility.

Why there isn't a parallel MATLAB - Spring 1995
Our experience has made us skeptical.

A Tale of Two Numbers - Winter 1995
With the Pentium, there is a very small chance of making a very large error.

LINPACK and MATLAB Benchmarks - Summer/Fall 1994
Fame and fortune from megaflops.