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Note on the Computation of the Inverse of a Triangular Matrix

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Benjamin Fruchter*
Affiliation:
Air Force Training Command 3309th Research & Development Group, University of Texas Sub-Unit

Abstract

A simplified method of computing the inverse of a triangular matrix is presented. It is useful with the multiple-group method of factoring the correlation matrix as well as with other factor-analysis and multiple-correlation problems.

Type
Original Paper
Copyright
Copyright © 1949 The Psychometric Society

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