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P

pack
Padé approximation (of matrix exponential)
paging
controlling output in command window <1> <2>
PaperOrientation
PaperPosition
PaperPositionMode
PaperSize
PaperType
PaperUnits
Parent
Axes object
Figure object
Image object
Light object
Line object
Patch object
Surface object
Text object
Uicontrol object
Uimenu object
parentheses (special characters)
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
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
phase, complex
correcting angles
pi
pi () <1> <2> <3>
pie
pie3
pinv
platform See computers
plot
plot, volumetric
generating grid arrays for
PlotBoxAspectRatio
PlotBoxAspectRatioMode
plotting See visualizing
plus (M-file function equivalent for +)
Pointer
PointerLocation
PointerShapeCData
PointerShapeHotSpot
PointerWindow
pol2cart
polar
polar coordinates <1> <2> <3>
poles of transfer function
poly
polyarea
polyder
polyeig
polyfit
polygon
area of
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
Position
Axes object
Figure object
Light object
Text object
Uicontrol object
Uimenu object
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
printing, suppressing
prod
product
cumulative
Kronecker tensor
of array elements
of vectors (cross)
scalar (dot)
Profile
profile
ProfileFile
ProfileFunction
ProfileInterval
ProjectionType
K>> prompt
prompting users for input <1> <2>
pseudoinverse