How can I optimize my MATLAB program to reduce processing time?

In summary, The speaker is seeking help with optimizing their MATLAB code, which currently uses for loops and is very slow. They need to find four matrices of size N-by-N and are looking for assistance in rewriting their code using vectors to improve efficiency. The speaker also provides information about the variables f, C, and C*, and mentions that N can go up to 1024.
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Hello,

I have a MATLAB code that contains a lot of for loops, and hence it is very slow, and takes hours and hours to get just initial results, which is very inefficient. I know writing the program in terms of vectors will fasten the process, however, I do not know how to write my program that way, and I hope one of you guys will help me.

Basically, I need to find four matrices [tex]\Phi^{(i,j)}[/tex] for i,j=1,2, where each matrix is of size N-by-N. The entries are given by:

[tex][\Phi^{(i,j)}]_{k,m}=C_i^*(f_k)C_j(f_m)\exp\left(j\pi\vartheta_{k,m}^{(i,j)}\right)sinc\left(\vartheta_{k,m}^{(i,j)}\right)[/tex]

where

[tex]\vartheta_{k,m}^{(i,j)}=f_ma_i-f_ka_j+\frac{m-k}{T},\,\,\,k,m=0,1,\ldots,N-1[/tex]

How can I do that in vector form, with the least number of for loops?

Thanks in advance
 
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How big does N get?

What are f, C, and C*?
 
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SteamKing said:
How big does N get?

It goes as large as 1024.
 
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What are f, C,and C*?
 
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SteamKing said:
What are f, C,and C*?

It is enough I guess if you consider f as a vector of size N-by-1. So, C is also a vector of size N-by-1. The * means complex conjugation. Also consider a1 and a2 as any numbers, it doesn't matter.
 

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