Reading List:

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MATLAB Book
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Chp 1 - About MATLAB
Chp 2 - MATLAB Environment
Chp 3 - Built-in MATLAB Functions
Chp 6 - User-Defined Functions
Chp 4 - Manipulating MATLAB Matrices

AFTER MIDTERM #1

Chp 5 - Plotting (Section 1, for basic plotting)
Chp 7 - User-Controlled Input and Output
Chp 8 - Logical Functions and Control Structures
Chp 10 - Other Kinds of Arrays (mainly Section 1 and Section 4 on
CellArrays)

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C++ Book
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AFTER MIDTERM #2

Chp 1 - Creating a Basic Program
Chp 2 - Simple Variables and Data Types
Chp 3 - Operators and Control Structures (skip pages [72-75], [82-87])
Chp 5 - Defining your Own Functions (skip pages [160-164])
Chp 6 - Complex Data Types (look at only arrays, i.e, pages [170-175]).


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UNIX book:
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Chp 1 - Getting Started with Unix
Chp 2 - Using Directories and Files
Chp 4 - Creating and Editing Files (read only pp 83-90 for vi, pp 91-95
for emacs)

AFTER MIDTERM #1

Chp 5 - Controlling Ownership & Permissions (especially for the
'chmod' Unix command)