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mldivide

Matrix left division \ of Galois arrays

Syntax

• x = A \ B;
  

Description

x = A\B divides the Galois array A into B to produce a particular solution of the linear equation A*x = B. In the special case when A is a nonsingular square matrix, x is the unique solution, inv(A)*B, to the equation.

Examples

The code below shows that A \ eye(size(A)) is the inverse of the nonsingular square matrix A.

• m = 4; A = gf([8 1 6; 3 5 7; 4 9 2],m);
  Id = gf(eye(size(A)),m);
  X = A \ Id;
  ck1 = isequal(X*A, Id)
  ck2 = isequal(A*X, Id)
   
  ck1 =
  
       1
  
  
  ck2 =
  
       1
  

Other examples are in Solving Linear Equations.

Limitations

The matrix A must be either

• A nonsingular square matrix
• A nonsquare matrix such that A'*A and A*A' are nonsingular

Algorithm

If A is an M-by-N tall matrix where M > N, then A \ B is the same as (A'*A) \ (A'*B).

If A is an M-by-N wide matrix where M < N, then A \ B is the same as A' * ((A*A') \ B). This solution is not unique.

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