Monthly Archives: January 2017

Good Times in MATLAB: How to Typeset the Multiplication Symbol

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

The MATLAB output >> A = rand(2); whos Name Size Bytes Class Attributes A 2×2 32 double will be familiar to seasoned users. Consider this, however, from MATLAB R2016b: >> s = string({‘One’,’Two’}) s = 1×2 string array “One” “Two” … Continue reading →

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Hyphenation of Compound Words

Posted on January 23, 2017 by

Compound words are common in mathematical writing and it can be hard to remember how to hyphenate them. Unfortunately, there are no hard and fast rules. In this article I give some guidance and illustrative examples. The principle to keep … Continue reading →

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MATLAB Guide, Third Edition (2017)

Posted on January 10, 2017 by

The third edition of MATLAB Guide, which I co-wrote with Des Higham, has just been published by SIAM. It is a major update of the second edition (2005) to reflect the many changes in MATLAB over the last twelve years, … Continue reading →

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Taking Up the SIAM Presidency

Posted on January 2, 2017 by

I am honored to be taking over the reins from Pam Cook as president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for the next two years, starting January 1, 2017. Pam remains as past-president during 2017. I look … Continue reading →

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