Re: Matrices with Mathematica 5.1
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- Subject: [mg63324] Re: [mg63315] Matrices with Mathematica 5.1
- From: Pratik Desai <pdesai1 at umbc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:18:50 -0500 (EST)
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drizkol wrote:
>I would like to solve the system given by:
>
>[1 7 -2 0 -8 -3]
>[0 0 1 1 6 5]
>[0 0 0 1 3 9]
>[0 0 0 0 0 0]
>
>Where the matrix is a typical matrix in the form x1+x2+...+xn = b where
>b is the last item in the row. For example, row 1 could be written as
>x1 + 7x2 - 2x3 -8x4 = -3. How could I get mathematica to solve this
>matrix? I understand how to build a matrix, I just need to know the
>operation to run on it. I tried to use LinearSolve but I did something
>wrong. Is there a built-in operation to solve these matrices? If so,
>please tell. Thanks.
>
>
>
Here is my attempt using PseudoInverse
mata = {{1, 7, -2 , 0, -8, -3}, {0, 0, 1, 1, 6, 5}, {0, 0, 0, 1,
3, 9}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}}
rhs = Table[mata[[q]][[6]], {q, 1, 4}]
matb = Table[Most[mata[[q]]], {q, 1, 4}]
ans = PseudoInverse[matb].rhs
Hope this helps
Pratik
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Pratik Desai
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by Jonathan Swift
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- Matrices with Mathematica 5.1
- From: "drizkol" <drizkol@gmail.com>
- Matrices with Mathematica 5.1