Re: LU factorization in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg20680] Re: LU factorization in Mathematica
- From: alanw at my-deja.com
- Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 02:10:12 -0500
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G'day,
This was a mystery to me too the first time I tried it. Here's the
solution. I don't remember where to find this in the docs or in the
help.
First, the LU factorization:
{lu, p, cn} = LUDecomposition[t]
Then you do this:
Map[MatrixForm, {l, u} = LUMatrices[lu]]
Good luck,
Alan.
In article <7vrcnc$2ob at smc.vnet.net>,
"Peltio" <peltio at twilight.zone> wrote:
> I apologise for this question but I did not find what iI was looking
for
> on the Big Book.
> Any hint will be appreciated.
>
> LUDecomposition returns a matrix that is a combination of the L and U
> matrices. But what kind of combination?
> How can I recover the two matrices L and U?
> What is the meaning of the pivoting vector (Does P[[k]]=j means that
row
> k has been swapped with row j ?)
>
> And what are the meaning of the elements returned by LUfactor (in the
> GaussianElimination package ), which returns a different pivot vector
> (and matrix as well)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Peltio
>
> peltio AT iname DOT com
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>
>
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