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### 19.2 Basic Matrix Functions

— Loadable Function: aa = balance (a, opt)
— Loadable Function: [dd, aa] = balance (a, opt)
— Loadable Function: [cc, dd, aa, bb] = balance (a, b, opt)

> `[dd, aa] = balance (a)` returns `aa = dd \ a * dd`. `aa` is a matrix whose row and column norms are roughly equal in magnitude, and `dd` = `p * d`, where `p` is a permutation matrix and `d` is a diagonal matrix of powers of two. This allows the equilibration to be computed without roundoff. Results of eigenvalue calculation are typically improved by balancing first.

> `[cc, dd, aa, bb] = balance (a, b)` returns `aa = cc*a*dd` and `bb = cc*b*dd)`, where `aa` and `bb` have non-zero elements of approximately the same magnitude and `cc` and `dd` are permuted diagonal matrices as in `dd` for the algebraic eigenvalue problem.

> The eigenvalue balancing option `opt` is selected as follows:

> `"N"`, `"n"`
>   No balancing; arguments copied, transformation(s) set to identity.
> `"P"`, `"p"`
>   Permute argument(s) to isolate eigenvalues where possible.
> `"S"`, `"s"`
>   Scale to improve accuracy of computed eigenvalues.
> `"B"`, `"b"`
>   Permute and scale, in that order. Rows/columns of a (and b) that are isolated by permutation are not scaled. This is the default behavior.

> Algebraic eigenvalue balancing uses standard Lapack routines.

> Generalized eigenvalue problem balancing uses Ward's algorithm (SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing, 1981).

— Function File: cond (a)

> Compute the (two-norm) condition number of a matrix. `cond (a)` is defined as `norm (a) * norm (inv (a))`, and is computed via a singular value decomposition.

> See also: norm, svd, rank.

— Loadable Function: [d, rcond] = det (a)

> Compute the determinant of a using Lapack. Return an estimate of the reciprocal condition number if requested.

— Function File: dmult (a, b)

> If a is a vector of length `rows (`b`)`, return `diag (`a`) *` b (but computed much more efficiently).

— Function File: dot (x, y, dim)

> Computes the dot product of two vectors. If x and y are matrices, calculate the dot-product along the first non-singleton dimension. If the optional argument dim is given, calculate the dot-product along this dimension.

— Loadable Function: lambda = eig (a)
— Loadable Function: [v, lambda] = eig (a)

> The eigenvalues (and eigenvectors) of a matrix are computed in a several step process which begins with a Hessenberg decomposition, followed by a Schur decomposition, from which the eigenvalues are apparent. The eigenvectors, when desired, are computed by further manipulations of the Schur decomposition.

> The eigenvalues returned by `eig` are not ordered.

— Loadable Function: g = givens (x, y)
— Loadable Function: [c, s] = givens (x, y)

> Return a 2 by 2 orthogonal matrix g`= [`c s`; -`s`'` c`]` such that g`[`x`;` y`] = [*; 0]` with x and y scalars.

> For example,

>               givens (1, 1)
>                    =>   0.70711   0.70711
>                        -0.70711   0.70711

— Loadable Function: [x, rcond] = inv (a)
— Loadable Function: [x, rcond] = inverse (a)

> Compute the inverse of the square matrix a. Return an estimate of the reciprocal condition number if requested, otherwise warn of an ill-conditioned matrix if the reciprocal condition number is small.

— Loadable Function: type = matrix_type (a)
— Loadable Function: a = matrix_type (a, type)
— Loadable Function: a = matrix_type (a, 'upper', perm)
— Loadable Function: a = matrix_type (a, 'lower', perm)
— Loadable Function: a = matrix_type (a, 'banded', nl, nu)

> Identify the matrix type or mark a matrix as a particular type. This allows rapid for solutions of linear equations involving a to be performed. Called with a single argument, `matrix_type` returns the type of the matrix and caches it for future use. Called with more than one argument, `matrix_type` allows the type of the matrix to be defined.

> The possible matrix types depend on whether the matrix is full or sparse, and can be one of the following

> 'unknown'
>   Remove any previously cached matrix type, and mark type as unknown
> 'full'
>   Mark the matrix as full.
> 'positive definite'
>   Full positive definite matrix.
> 'diagonal'
>   Diagonal Matrix. (Sparse matrices only)
> 'permuted diagonal'
>   Permuted Diagonal matrix. The permutation does not need to be specifically indicated, as the structure of the matrix explicitly gives this. (Sparse matrices only)
> 'upper'
>   Upper triangular. If the optional third argument perm is given, the matrix is assumed to be a permuted upper triangular with the permutations defined by the vector perm.
> 'lower'
>   Lower triangular. If the optional third argument perm is given, the matrix is assumed to be a permuted lower triangular with the permutations defined by the vector perm.
> 'banded'
> 'banded positive definite'
>   Banded matrix with the band size of nl below the diagonal and nu above it. If nl and nu are 1, then the matrix is tridiagonal and treated with specialized code. In addition the matrix can be marked as positive definite (Sparse matrices only)
> 'singular'
>   The matrix is assumed to be singular and will be treated with a minimum norm solution

> Note that the matrix type will be discovered automatically on the first attempt to solve a linear equation involving a. Therefore `matrix_type` is only useful to give Octave hints of the matrix type. Incorrectly defining the matrix type will result in incorrect results from solutions of linear equations, and so it is entirely the responsibility of the user to correctly indentify the matrix type.

— Function File: norm (a, p)

> Compute the p-norm of the matrix a. If the second argument is missing, `p = 2` is assumed.

> If a is a matrix:

> p = `1`
>   1-norm, the largest column sum of the absolute values of a.
> p = `2`
>   Largest singular value of a.
> p = `Inf`
>   Infinity norm, the largest row sum of the absolute values of a.
> p = `"fro"`
>   Frobenius norm of a, `sqrt (sum (diag (`a`' *` a`)))`.

> If a is a vector or a scalar:

> p = `Inf`
>   `max (abs (`a`))`.
> p = `-Inf`
>   `min (abs (`a`))`.
> other
>   p-norm of a, `(sum (abs (`a`) .^` p`)) ^ (1/`p`)`.

> See also: cond, svd.

— Function File: null (a, tol)

> Return an orthonormal basis of the null space of a.

> The dimension of the null space is taken as the number of singular values of a not greater than tol. If the argument tol is missing, it is computed as

>               max (size (a)) * max (svd (a)) * eps

— Function File: orth (a, tol)

> Return an orthonormal basis of the range space of a.

> The dimension of the range space is taken as the number of singular values of a greater than tol. If the argument tol is missing, it is computed as

>               max (size (a)) * max (svd (a)) * eps

— Loadable Function: pinv (x, tol)

> Return the pseudoinverse of x. Singular values less than tol are ignored.

> If the second argument is omitted, it is assumed that

>               tol = max (size (x)) * sigma_max (x) * eps,

> where `sigma_max (`x`)` is the maximal singular value of x.

— Function File: rank (a, tol)

> Compute the rank of a, using the singular value decomposition. The rank is taken to be the number of singular values of a that are greater than the specified tolerance tol. If the second argument is omitted, it is taken to be

>               tol = max (size (a)) * sigma(1) * eps;

> where `eps` is machine precision and `sigma(1)` is the largest singular value of a.

— Function File: trace (a)

> Compute the trace of a, `sum (diag (`a`))`.

— Function File: [r, k] = rref (a, tol)

> Returns the reduced row echelon form of a. tol defaults to `eps * max (size (`a`)) * norm (`a`, inf)`.

> Called with two return arguments, k returns the vector of "bound variables", which are those columns on which elimination has been performed.