Elements of Matrix Modeling and Computing with MATLAB

"Elements of Matrix Modeling and Computing with MATLAB" covers a number of topics in linear algebra that are often not covered in first-year calculus, such as complex numbers and functions, matrices, algebraic systems, curve fitting, elements of linear differential equations, transform methods, and tools of computation. It introduces complex numbers and 2- and 3D vectors and their products, connecting them to multivariate calculus using geometric and algebraic approaches. The author motivates concepts through applications such as steady state models, mixing tanks, heat diffusion, and pin-jointed structures and incorporates MATLAB operations at the end of most of the chapters.