(maxima.info)Introduction to linearalgebra

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69.1 Introduction to linearalgebra
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'linearalgebra' is a collection of functions for linear algebra.

   Example:

     (%i1) M : matrix ([1, 2], [1, 2]);
                                 [ 1  2 ]
     (%o1)                       [      ]
                                 [ 1  2 ]
     (%i2) nullspace (M);
                                    [  1  ]
                                    [     ]
     (%o2)                     span([   1 ])
                                    [ - - ]
                                    [   2 ]
     (%i3) columnspace (M);
                                     [ 1 ]
     (%o3)                      span([   ])
                                     [ 1 ]
     (%i4) ptriangularize (M - z*ident(2), z);
                              [ 1   2 - z   ]
     (%o4)                    [             ]
                              [           2 ]
                              [ 0  3 z - z  ]
     (%i5) M : matrix ([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]) - z*ident(3);
                          [ 1 - z    2      3   ]
                          [                     ]
     (%o5)                [   4    5 - z    6   ]
                          [                     ]
                          [   7      8    9 - z ]
     (%i6) MM : ptriangularize (M, z);
                   [ 4  5 - z            6            ]
                   [                                  ]
                   [                2                 ]
                   [     66        z    102 z   132   ]
                   [ 0   --      - -- + ----- + ---   ]
     (%o6)         [     49        7     49     49    ]
                   [                                  ]
                   [               3        2         ]
                   [           49 z    245 z    147 z ]
                   [ 0    0    ----- - ------ - ----- ]
                   [            264      88      44   ]
     (%i7) algebraic : true;
     (%o7)                         true
     (%i8) tellrat (MM [3, 3]);
                              3       2
     (%o8)                  [z  - 15 z  - 18 z]
     (%i9) MM : ratsimp (MM);
                    [ 4  5 - z           6           ]
                    [                                ]
                    [                2               ]
     (%o9)          [     66      7 z  - 102 z - 132 ]
                    [ 0   --    - ------------------ ]
                    [     49              49         ]
                    [                                ]
                    [ 0    0             0           ]
     (%i10) nullspace (MM);
                             [        1         ]
                             [                  ]
                             [   2              ]
                             [  z  - 14 z - 16  ]
                             [  --------------  ]
     (%o10)             span([        8         ])
                             [                  ]
                             [    2             ]
                             [   z  - 18 z - 12 ]
                             [ - -------------- ]
                             [         12       ]
     (%i11) M : matrix ([1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8], [9, 10, 11, 12],
                        [13, 14, 15, 16]);
                            [ 1   2   3   4  ]
                            [                ]
                            [ 5   6   7   8  ]
     (%o11)                 [                ]
                            [ 9   10  11  12 ]
                            [                ]
                            [ 13  14  15  16 ]
     (%i12) columnspace (M);
                                [ 1  ]  [ 2  ]
                                [    ]  [    ]
                                [ 5  ]  [ 6  ]
     (%o12)                span([    ], [    ])
                                [ 9  ]  [ 10 ]
                                [    ]  [    ]
                                [ 13 ]  [ 14 ]
     (%i13) apply ('orthogonal_complement, args (nullspace (transpose (M))));
                                [ 0 ]  [  1  ]
                                [   ]  [     ]
                                [ 1 ]  [  0  ]
     (%o13)                span([   ], [     ])
                                [ 2 ]  [ - 1 ]
                                [   ]  [     ]
                                [ 3 ]  [ - 2 ]