Prob2.m

% Part A

xa=[1 2 3 4 5]';
ya=[2.2 2.8 3.6 4.5 5.5]';

Z=[ones(size(xa)) xa xa.^-1];
[a_a,fx_a,r2_a] = least_squares (Z,ya)

xa_fcn = linspace(min(xa),max(xa));
a = figure(1);
plot(xa,ya,'o',xa_fcn,a_a(1)+a_a(2)*xa_fcn+a_a(3)*xa_fcn.^-1)
saveas(a, 'figure_01.png')

% Part B

xb=[0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18]';
yb=[21.5 20.84 23.19 22.69 30.27 40.11 43.31 54.79 70.88 89.48]';

Z=[ones(size(xb)) xb xb.^2 xb.^3];
[a_b,fx_b,r2_b] = least_squares (Z,yb)

xb_fcn = linspace(min(xb),max(xb));
b = figure(2);
plot(xb,yb,'o',xb_fcn,a_b(1)+a_b(2)*xb_fcn.^1+a_b(3)*xb_fcn.^2+a_b(4)*xb_fcn.^3)
saveas(b, 'figure_02.png')

% Part C

xc=[0.5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9]';
yc=[6 4.4 3.2 2.7 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.1]';

Z=[exp(-1.5*xc), exp(-0.3*xc), exp(-0.05*xc)];
[a_c,fx_c,r2_c] = least_squares (Z,yc)

xc_fcn = linspace(min(xc),max(xc));
c = figure(3);
plot(xc,yc,'o',xc_fcn,a_c(1)*exp(-1.5.*xc_fcn) + a_c(2)*exp(-0.3.*xc_fcn) + a_c(3)*exp(-0.05.*xc_fcn));
saveas(c, 'figure_03.png')

% Part D

xd=[0.00000000e+00 1.26933037e-01 2.53866073e-01 3.80799110e-01 5.07732146e-01 6.34665183e-01 7.61598219e-01 8.88531256e-01 1.01546429e+00 1.14239733e+00 1.26933037e+00 1.39626340e+00 1.52319644e+00 1.65012947e+00 1.77706251e+00 1.90399555e+00 2.03092858e+00 2.15786162e+00 2.28479466e+00 2.41172769e+00 2.53866073e+00 2.66559377e+00 2.79252680e+00 2.91945984e+00 3.04639288e+00 3.17332591e+00 3.30025895e+00 3.42719199e+00 3.55412502e+00 3.68105806e+00 3.80799110e+00 3.93492413e+00 4.06185717e+00 4.18879020e+00 4.31572324e+00 4.44265628e+00 4.56958931e+00 4.69652235e+00 4.82345539e+00 4.95038842e+00 5.07732146e+00 5.20425450e+00 5.33118753e+00 5.45812057e+00 5.58505361e+00 5.71198664e+00 5.83891968e+00 5.96585272e+00 6.09278575e+00 6.21971879e+00 6.34665183e+00 6.47358486e+00 6.60051790e+00 6.72745093e+00 6.85438397e+00 6.98131701e+00 7.10825004e+00 7.23518308e+00 7.36211612e+00 7.48904915e+00 7.61598219e+00 7.74291523e+00 7.86984826e+00 7.99678130e+00 8.12371434e+00 8.25064737e+00 8.37758041e+00 8.50451345e+00 8.63144648e+00 8.75837952e+00 8.88531256e+00 9.01224559e+00 9.13917863e+00 9.26611167e+00 9.39304470e+00 9.51997774e+00 9.64691077e+00 9.77384381e+00 9.90077685e+00 1.00277099e+01 1.01546429e+01 1.02815760e+01 1.04085090e+01 1.05354420e+01 1.06623751e+01 1.07893081e+01 1.09162411e+01 1.10431742e+01 1.11701072e+01 1.12970402e+01 1.14239733e+01 1.15509063e+01 1.16778394e+01 1.18047724e+01 1.19317054e+01 1.20586385e+01 1.21855715e+01 1.23125045e+01 1.24394376e+01 1.25663706e+01]';
yd=[9.15756288e-02 3.39393873e-01 6.28875306e-01 7.67713096e-01 1.05094584e+00 9.70887288e-01 9.84265740e-01 1.02589034e+00 8.53218113e-01 6.90197665e-01 5.51277193e-01 5.01564914e-01 5.25455797e-01 5.87052838e-01 5.41394658e-01 7.12365594e-01 8.14839678e-01 9.80181855e-01 9.44430709e-01 1.06728057e+00 1.15166322e+00 8.99464065e-01 7.77225453e-01 5.92618124e-01 3.08822183e-01 -1.07884730e-03 -3.46563271e-01 -5.64836023e-01 -8.11931510e-01 -1.05925186e+00 -1.13323611e+00 -1.11986890e+00 -8.88336727e-01 -9.54113139e-01 -6.81378679e-01 -6.02369117e-01 -4.78684439e-01 -5.88160325e-01 -4.93580777e-01 -5.68747320e-01 -7.51641934e-01 -8.14672884e-01 -9.53191554e-01 -9.55337518e-01 -9.85995556e-01 -9.63373597e-01 -1.01511061e+00 -7.56467517e-01 -4.17379564e-01 -1.22340361e-01 2.16273929e-01 5.16909714e-01 7.77031694e-01 1.00653798e+00 9.35718089e-01 1.00660116e+00 1.11177057e+00 9.85485116e-01 8.54344900e-01 6.26444042e-01 6.28124048e-01 4.27764254e-01 5.93991751e-01 4.79248018e-01 7.17522492e-01 7.35927848e-01 9.08802925e-01 9.38646871e-01 1.13125860e+00 1.07247935e+00 1.05198782e+00 9.41647332e-01 6.98801244e-01 4.03193543e-01 1.37009682e-01 -1.43203880e-01 -4.64369445e-01 -6.94978252e-01 -1.03483196e+00 -1.10261288e+00 -1.12892727e+00 -1.03902484e+00 -8.53573083e-01 -7.01815315e-01 -6.84745997e-01 -6.14189417e-01 -4.70090797e-01 -5.95052432e-01 -5.96497000e-01 -5.66861911e-01 -7.18239679e-01 -9.52873043e-01 -9.37512847e-01 -1.15782985e+00 -1.03858206e+00 -1.03182712e+00 -8.45121554e-01 -5.61821980e-01 -2.83427014e-01 -8.27056140e-02]';

Z = [sin(xd), sin(3*xd)];
[a_d,fx_d,r2_d] = least_squares (Z,yd)

xd_fcn = linspace(min(xd),max(xd));
d = figure(4);
plot(xd,yd,'o',xd_fcn,a_d(1)*sin(xd_fcn)+a_d(2)*sin(3*xd_fcn));
saveas(d, 'figure_04.png')