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The MathWorks, Inc.
Private
Industry Mathematical computing software
Founded 1984
Headquarters ,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
CEO & President: Jack Little, Chief Mathematician: Cleve Moler
Products MATLAB, Simulink

MathWorks is an American technological company that works for mathematical software.

The logo represents a L-shaped object which is related to the wave equation. This was the subject of Moler's thesis.

Who is Cleve Moler?

Cleve Moler is a famous mathematician. He is known for his scientific textbooks and technical reviews.

Notable products

MathWorks is known for making powerful software used in many scientific and technical fields.

MATLAB

MATLAB is a programming language made for numerical analysis (especially numerical linear algebra). It is named after Matrix Laboratory.

Simulation software

MathWorks is also known for their simulation-related products. The most famous one is Simulink. It is very popular as same as MATLAB. There is also SimEvents and Stateflow. SimEvents was made to simulate physical or dynamical events. On the other hand, Stateflow aims to understand the state (status) of fluid/atmospheric or any other kind of flows.


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