Eaton John W. GNU Octave

Edition 3. — Octave Ver. 2.0.13, 1997. — 324 p.How You Can Contribute to Octave
Distribution
A Brief Introduction to Octave
Running Octave
Simple Examples
ConventionsGetting Started
Invoking Octave
Quitting Octave
Commands for Getting Help
Command Line Editing
How Octave Reports Errors
Executable Octave Programs
Comments in Octave ProgramsData Types
Built-in Data Types
User-defined Data Types
Object SizesNumeric Data Types
Matrices
Ranges
Predicates for Numeric ObjectsStrings
Creating Strings
Searching and Replacing
String Conversions
Character Class FunctionsData StructuresVariables
Global Variables
Status of Variables
Summary of Built-in Variables
Defaults from the EnvironmentExpressions
Index Expressions
Calling Functions
Arithmetic Operators
Comparison Operators
Boolean Expressions
Assignment Expressions
Increment Operators
Operator PrecedenceEvaluation.
10 StatementsFunctions and Script Files
Defining Functions
Multiple Return Values
Variable-length Argument Lists
Variable-length Return Lists
Returning From a Function
Function Files
Script Files
Dynamically Linked Functions
Organization of Functions Distributed with OctaveError Handling
GNU OctaveInput and Output
Basic Input and Output
C-Style I/O FunctionsPlotting
Two-Dimensional Plotting
Specialized Two-Dimensional Plots
Three-Dimensional Plotting
Plot Annotations.
Multiple Plots on One PageMatrix Manipulation
Finding Elements and Checking Conditions
Rearranging Matrices
Special Utility Matrices
Famous MatricesArithmetic
Utility Functions
Complex Arithmetic
Trigonometry
Sums and Products
Special Functions
Mathematical ConstantsLinear Algebra
Basic Matrix Functions
Matrix Factorizations
Functions of a MatrixNonlinear EquationsQuadrature
Functions of One Variable
Orthogonal CollocationDifferential Equations
Ordinary Differential Equations
Differential-Algebraic EquationsOptimization
Quadratic Programming
Nonlinear Programming
Linear Least SquaresStatisticsSetsPolynomial Manipulations
Control Theory
Signal Processing
Image Processing
Audio ProcessingSystem Utilities
Timing Utilities
Filesystem Utilities
Controlling Subprocesses
Process, Group, and User IDs
Environment Variables
Current Working Directory
Password Database Functions
Group Database Functions
System InformationAppendix A. Tips and Standards
Appendix B. Known Causes of Trouble
Appendix C. Installing Octave
Appendix D. Emacs Octave Support
Appendix E. GNU general public license