2006-08-02 16:09:16 · 3 answers · asked by joker 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
You might try contacting a local university, with a math or engineering department, ask if you can come in and try out the software in their lab
2006-08-02 16:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by SnowXNinja 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many college bookstores have student versions of MatLab for $100 for students. It is an awesome tool.
Sometimes you can find students who have it on their computer and ask them about it. Sometimes computer labs on campus have it.
If you can program in a language like c or java, it helps make matlab faster to learn. MatLab is a programming environment built to work well with engineering problems. Its a relatively high-level language, though its not as high performance as fortran. Its a lot easier to learn, and to implement.
If you need to try a weaker matlab clone, you can consider octave. Its open source, and about the level of matlab 5, though the current level of matlab is release 14. Something to consider if you have no other options.
2006-08-02 23:23:11 · answer #2 · answered by Curly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Octave (http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/). It's essentially a freeware version of matlab. If it has to be matlab, I don't know.
2006-08-03 03:43:58 · answer #3 · answered by pollux 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋