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author | Kai T. Ohlhus <k.ohlhus@gmail.com> |
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date | Wed, 12 Oct 2016 01:48:26 +0200 |
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--- layout: default --- **[GNU Octave][1]** is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations, with built-in plotting and visualization capabilities. Many [Octave Forge packages][2] provide useful extensions for several scientific and engineering applications. The GNU Octave language is quite similar to [Matlab][3] so that most programs are easily portable. Octave is distributed under the terms of the [GNU General Public License][4]. [![GNU Octave 4.0.3 - Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0][screen-small]][screen] [1]: http://www.octave.org [2]: http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php [3]: https://www.mathworks.com/matlab [4]: https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [screen]: {{ "/img/screenshot-2016.png" | relative_url }} [screen-small]: {{ "/img/screenshot-2016-small.png" | relative_url }} --- # [{% octicon rss class:"octicon-rss-octave" %}]({{ "/feed.xml" | relative_url }}) News {% for post in site.posts limit:3 %} - [{{ post.title }}]({{ post.url | relative_url }}) ({{ post.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}): <span class="post-small">{{ post.excerpt | strip_html}} {% endfor %} --- ## Some Examples - Solve systems of equations with linear algebra operations on **vectors** and **matrices**: {% highlight octave %} b = [4; 9; 2] % Column vector A = [ 3 4 5; 1 3 1; 3 5 9 ] x = A \ b % Solve $Ax = b$ by inverting A {% endhighlight %} - Visualize data with **high-level plot commands** in 2D and 3D: {% highlight octave %} x = -10:0.1:10 % Create an evenly-spaced vector from -10..10 y = sin(x) % y is also a vector plot(x,y) {% endhighlight %} ![Sine plot]({{ "/img/plot.png" | relative_url }})