ABSTRACT

The relationship between physics and mathematics is very strong. This importance has been recognized always and thus the Greeks tried to describe with mathematics every physical phenomenon they observed. Nowadays, every physics branch is described mathematically to be understood by peers and students. This chapter presents examples showing how MATLAB can be used to solve physics problems, taking advantage of the m-language and its graphics capabilities to display results. The examples presented in this chapter are on kinematics, dynamics, electromagnetism, optics, astronomy, and modern physics.