Installed MATLAB a while ago on my new machine when I was setting it up. Only now did I start using it.
Type in syms x and oh guess what…
Strange… did I completely forget how to use MATLAB? Typed in VER, and Symbolic maths isnt listed…. surely I installed it?
Turns out the 64Bit MATLAB has no Symbolic Maths library, read more here:
http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-12XN30/index.html?product=ML&solution=1-12XN30
The solution is basically to install the 32Bit version:
http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-579TVF/index.html?solution=1-579TVF