Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction to MATLAB -- Chapter 2 Root Approximations -- Chapter 3 Sinusoids and Phasors -- Chapter 4 Matrices and Determinants -- Chapter 5 Differential Equations, State Variables, and State Equations -- Chapter 6 Fourier, Taylor, and Maclaurin Series -- Chapter 7 Finite Differences and Interpolation -- Chapter 8 Linear and Parabolic Regression -- Chapter 9 Solution of Differential Equations by Numerical Methods -- Chapter 10 Integration by Numerical Methods -- Chapter 11 Difference Equations -- Chapter 12 Partial Fraction Expansion -- Chapter 13 The Gamma and Beta Functions and Distributions -- Chapter 14 Orthogonal Functions and Matrix Factorizations -- Chapter 15 Bessel, Legendre, and Chebyshev Functions -- Chapter 16 Optimization Methods -- Appendix A Difference Equations in Discrete-Time Systems -- Appendix B Introduction to Simulink -- Appendix C Ill-Conditioned Matrices -- References and Suggestions for Further Study -- Index.