It is an extremely powerful numerical computation tool with almost unlimited potential for applications to engineering analysis and design. It treats vectors and matrices as objects and you can manipulate them much like ordinary algebra except that the operations are those corresponding to matrix algebra. If there is only a one dimensional element in the operation then it is just ordinary algebra.
All quantities can be either real or complex.
Arithmetic, algebraic and matrix operations are carried out with simple commands. Many aids to data entry are provided. An extensive variety of functions is available from the built-in library. A simple and virtually automatic plotting capability allows graphical presentation of results at any point in a computation. Do not include the -P flag used on a command line to designate a printer name.