Symbolic Math Toolbox 5.7

Latest Features

Version 5.7

Released: 1 Sep 2011
 

Version 5.7, part of Release 2011b, includes the following enhancements:

• Opening and editing MuPAD^® program files in MATLAB Editor
• Options for specifying common algebraic assumptions to simplify results in dsolve, expand, int, simple, simplify, and solve functions
• MATLAB symbolic functions for computing vector gradients (gradient), Hessian matrices (hessian), and products of series (symprod), as well as normalizing expressions (simplifyFraction)
• MATLAB symbolic functions for computing complementary error function (erfc), polygamma function (psi), and Wright omega function (wrightOmega)
• read function for defining custom MuPAD functions (.mu files) in MATLAB

See the Release Notes for details.

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Version 5.6

Released: 8 Apr 2011
 

Version 5.6, part of Release 2011a, includes the following enhancements:

• Expression wrapping of math output in the MuPAD^® notebook interface
• Performance improvements in dsolve and ode::solve functions, used for solving ordinary differential equations
• solve function that handles more equation types, such as systems of trigonometric equations
• inverf and inverfc functions for computing inverse and inverse-complementary error functions
• Performance improvements in polynomial operations, such as greatest common divisor, partial fraction decomposition, and resultant

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 5.5

Released: 3 Sep 2010
 

Version 5.5, part of Release 2010b, includes the following enhancements:

• Expanded sym function that provides new options for creating vectors and matrices of symbolic variables
• Enhanced solvers for first-order nonlinear and third-order linear ordinary differential equations, improving performance and handling more equation types
• New generate::Simscape function that generates Simscape language equations from MuPAD^® expressions
• Enhanced performance for solving linear systems of equations
• New delimiter matching in the MuPAD notebook interface that provides automatic notification of matched parentheses, brackets, and braces

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 5.4

Released: 5 Mar 2010
 

Version 5.4, part of Release 2010a, includes the following enhancements:

• New simscapeEquation function that generates Simscape language equations from symbolic expressions
• Enhanced solvers for second-order linear and first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations that improve performance and handle more equation types
• Enhanced simplification of expressions involving square root, trigonometric, and hyperbolic functions
• Enhanced performance for mathematical operations on polynomials and inverting matrices containing symbolic elements
• Ability to open MuPAD^® notebook files at specified locations to quickly view sections of interest

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 5.3

Released: 4 Sep 2009
 

Version 5.3, part of Release 2009b, includes the following enhancements:

• Support for 64-bit Windows platform
• Enhanced solvers for second-order homogeneous linear ordinary differential equations, improving performance and handling of more equation types
• Support for incomplete Gamma function and exponential integral function in limit functions
• Enhanced simplification routines for hypergeom, meijerG, and Bessel special functions

See the Release Notes for details.