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The generalised inverse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

M. James*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College, Gower Street, LondonWC1E 6BT

Extract

If we have a system of m linear equations to solve, it is a great simplification to write them in matrix form

Ax = b,

where A is an m x n matrix of coefficients, b is an m-dimensional vector of constants and x is an n-dimensional vector of unknowns.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1978 

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