P

pack

Padé approximation (of matrix exponential)

page setup

pagedlg

paging

controlling output in command window <1> <2>

PaperOrientation, Figure property

PaperPosition, Figure property

PaperPositionMode, Figure property

PaperSize, Figure property

PaperType, Figure property

PaperUnits, Figure property

Parent

Axes property

Figure property

Image property

Light property

Line property

Patch property

Root property

Surface property

Text property

Uicontextmenu property

Uicontrol property

Uimenu property

parentheses (special characters)

pareto

Parlett's method (of evaluating matrix functions)

partial fraction expansion

partialpath

pascal

Pascal matrix <1> <2>

Patch

creating

defining default properties

properties

patch

path

pathname

of functions or files

partial

See also search path

pause

pausing M-file execution

pbaspect

pcg

pcode

pcolor

percent sign (special characters)

period (.), to distinguish matrix and array operations

period (special characters)

perms

permutation

of array dimensions

matrix <1> <2>

random

permutations of n elements

permute

persistent

persistent variable

perspective projection, setting and querying

phase, complex

correcting angles

pi

pi () <1> <2> <3>

pie

pie3

pinv

platform See computers

plot

plot box aspect ratio of axes

plot, volumetric

generating grid arrays for

slice plot

plot3

PlotBoxAspectRatio, Axes property

PlotBoxAspectRatioMode, Axes property

plotmatrix

plotting

2-D plot

3-D plot

errorbars

feather plots

function plots <1> <2>

histogram plots

loglog plot

mesh plot

plot with two y-axes

ribbon plot

rose plot

scatter plot <1> <2>

scatter plot, 3-D

semilogarithmic plot

stairstep plot

stem plot

stem plot, 3-D

surface plot

volumetric slice plot

plotting See visualizing

plotyy

plus (M-file function equivalent for +)

Pointer, Figure property

PointerLocation, Root property

PointerShapeCData, Figure property

PointerShapeHotSpot, Figure property

PointerWindow, Root property

pol2cart

polar <1> <2>

polar coordinates <1> <2> <3>

poles of transfer function

poly

polyarea

polyder

polyeig

polyfit

polygon

area of

creating with patch

detecting points inside

polynomial

characteristic <1> <2> <3>

coefficients (transfer function)

curve fitting with

derivative of

division

eigenvalue problem

evaluation

evaluation (matrix sense)

multiplication

polyval

polyvalm

poorly conditioned

eigenvalues

matrix

pop-up menus

Position

Axes property

Figure property

Light property

Text property

Uicontrol property

Uimenu property

position of camera

dollying

position of camera, setting and querying

PostScript

printing interpolated shading

pow2

power

matrix See matrix exponential

of two, next

power (M-file function equivalent for .^)

precedence of operators

prime factors

dependence of Fourier transform on

prime numbers <1> <2>

primes

print

print drivers

interploated shading

supported

printdlg

printframe

printframe editor

printing

GUIs

interpolated shading

line styles on Windows95

on MS-Windows

thick lines on Windows95

with frames

with non-normal EraseMode <1> <2> <3> <4> <5>

with printframes

printing tips

printing, suppressing

printopt

prod

product

cumulative

Kronecker tensor

of array elements

of vectors (cross)

scalar (dot)

profile

Profile, Root property

ProfileFile, Root property

ProfileFunction, Root property

ProfileInterval, Root property

projection type, setting and querying

ProjectionType, Axes property

K>> prompt

prompting users for input <1> <2>

pseudoinverse

push buttons