Library Functions -- $%MTXEQU^MATH

Approved for inclusion in a future ANSI M[UMPS] language standard as part of the library for Matrix Mathematics.

This function either solves a matrix equation and returns the value of the determinant of the matrix, or returns an empty value to indicate that no matrix can be computed to solve the equation.

The matrix equation to be resolved is [A] * [Result] = [B].

Assuming that the matrixes A and B contain:

       A                  B
4   2   3   1         2   1   0
1   2   3   4         1   4  0.5
3   4   1   2         2   3   0
2   1   3   4         0   0   1

then the function call SET X=$%MTXEQU^MATH(.A,.B,.R,4,3) would return the value -60 in X and return as matrix R:

0.21666  -1.85   0.20833
0.78333   2.15   0.29166
0.61666   1.65   0.20833
0.55      0.85   0.375

The MDC has approved code to approximate the return value of this function. Implementors are encouraged to provide more accurate and efficient code). Click here to view or download the code for this function. Click here to view or download the code for all M[UMPS] Library Functions.


This document is © Ed de Moel, 1995-2005.
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This document describes the various library functions that are defined for the M[UMPS] programming language.

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