How to handle Matrices?

The best way for you to get started with SCILAB is to learn how to handle matrices. This section shows you how to do that. In SCILAB, a matrix is a rectangular array of numbers. in this section some simple commands. At the carriage return all the commands typed since the last prompt are interpreted.

A good example matrix, used throughout this tutorial, appears in the Renaissance engraving Melancholia I by the German artist and amateur mathematician Albrecht Dürer. The window in the house has a special importance. The right figure has the zoom of the window. You can see the numbers in the window which form a peculiar pattern known as "magic square". The sum of any row or column will yield the same result. we will do lot of matrix operations using this magic square matrix.