# Introduction to GNU Octave: A brief tutorial for linear algebra and calculus students

- By: Jason Lachniet
- Publisher: Jason Lachniet
- Source: [Open Textbook Library](https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-gnu-octave-a-brief-tutorial-for-linear-algebra-and-calculus-students)
- Licence: Attribution-ShareAlike
- PDF: https://www.wcc.vccs.edu/sites/default/files/Introduction-to-GNU-Octave.pdf

This brief book provides a noncomprehensive introduction to GNU Octave, a free open source alternative to MatLab. The basic syntax and usage is explained through concrete examples from the mathematics courses a math, computer science, or engineering major encounters in the first two years of college: linear algebra, calculus, and differential equations.