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Highlights from
MATLAB in Physics - Matrices

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from MATLAB in Physics - Matrices by Matt McDonnell
The third lecture in a series on using MATLABĀ® in undergraduate physics courses.

largeLinearExample.m
% large linear system example
N=500;
A=cumsum(randn(N));
c= randn(N,1);
y= A*c;
% lets take a look at A and y
subplot(2,1,1), plot(A), grid on
subplot(2,1,2), plot(y), grid on, hold on
% now solve for c using a matrix factorisation
tic, cn = A\y; toc
pause
% now take a look at the result of the factorisation
plot(A*cn,'r:')

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