Entries from July 2009

July 8, 2009

How do I display the data of an array in MATLAB?

When I give a MATLAB project, I ask my students that the command window can only show output from disp and frprintf statements.  All other statement outputs need to be suppressed.  This is done to get an aesthetically pleasing report.  So what is a student supposed to do when you may have y vs x [...]

July 4, 2009

Poems on Numerical Methods

In Summer 2009, I gave a HW assignment of writing a poem to my mostly right-brained students.  The results were great; I think they think they are poets and they know it.  The poems were all compiled and can be viewed at http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu/EML3041/homework/poems2009summer.html.
So happy reading and let me know what you think.  I selected 14 poems out of [...]