Re: Cholesky Decomposition
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- Subject: [mg104604] Re: [mg104516] Cholesky Decomposition
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:41:08 -0500 (EST)
- References: <200911030751.CAA01026@smc.vnet.net>
On Nov 3, 2009, at 2:51 AM, Lars Schouw wrote:
> How do I get out the lower triangular matrix after doing a Choleseky
> decomposition?
>
> I tried a LU decomposition but not get back what I expect.
>
> For example the symetrix matrix A
> 1 1 1 1
> 1 5 5 5
> 1 5 14 14
> 1 5 14 15
>
> is equal to the product of the tringular matrix L and its transposed
> L^T
> 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
> 1 5 5 5 = 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 2
> 1 5 14 14 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 3
> 1 5 14 15 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 1
>
> With L
> 1 0 0 0
> 1 2 0 0
> 1 2 3 0
> 1 2 3 1
>
> But in Mathematica I do this:
> A = {{1, 1, 1, 1}, {1, 5, 5, 5}, {1, 5, 14, 14}, {1, 5, 14, 15}}
> {lu, p, c} = LUDecomposition[A]
> l = lu SparseArray[{i_, j_} /; j < i -> 1, {4, 4}] + IdentityMatrix[4]
>
> and get
> {{1, 0, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 0, 0}, {1, 1, 1, 0}, {1, 1, 1, 1}}
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
If you want the Cholesky decomposition use CholeskyDecomposition[A],
the LU Decomposition is not equivalent.
Best Regards,
Ssezi
- References:
- Cholesky Decomposition
- From: Lars Schouw <schouwla@yahoo.com>
- Cholesky Decomposition