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Matrix calculation problem

Hello,

I have the following equation

[f]=[A]*[T]

SIZE(A)=[150 149]
SIZE(f)=[150 1]

SIZE(t)=[149 1]



A,f known and T unknown, and I want to determine T. Have you got any idea how to do it in a nice way?

inv(A) is not possible because A is not square matrix.

Thanks.

"John M" <ioannis.mitsos@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have the following equation
>
> [f]=[A]*[T]
>
> SIZE(A)=[150 149]
> SIZE(f)=[150 1]
>
> SIZE(t)=[149 1]
>
>
>
> A,f known and T unknown, and I want to determine T. Have you got any idea
> how to do it in a nice way?
>
> inv(A) is not possible because A is not square matrix.

Use backslash (HELP MLDIVIDE).

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"John M" <ioannis.mitsos@gmail.com> wrote in message <ib1c8k$rp1$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> .......
> [f]=[A]*[T]
> SIZE(A)=[150 149]
> SIZE(f)=[150 1]
> SIZE(t)=[149 1]
> .......
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  Be aware that because you have 150 linear equations to solve and only 149 unknown variables to adjust, you cannot in general have a precise solution. The backslash will do the next best thing by giving you that T with the least sum of squared differences between f and A*T.

Roger Stafford