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- From: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith)
- Newsgroups: sci.math.symbolic
- Subject: Re: Mma and linear algebra
- Message-ID: <SMITHW.92Jul21184319@sofya.hamblin.math.byu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 23:43:19 GMT
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- Someone asked about Mma and linear algebra, in particular, finding the
- eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix
-
- {{0,1,0},{0,0,1},{1,1,0}}
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- I tried "Eigensystem" on this on my home NeXT, and it did fail.
- Mathematica has problems with complex numbers. I also just
- tried it on a system at work (a MIPS) and it gave the algorithm
- failed message. You can make Mma find eigenvectors, but it requires
- a bit of work. I tested Maple with this one, it had no problems.
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- -Bill
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