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Re: complex matrix operation
- To: "Amit Ashok" <amit at rrsg dot ee dot uct dot ac dot za>
- Subject: Re: complex matrix operation
- From: Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:52:34 +0100 (BST)
- Cc: <gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- References: <009401c12fa4$32dcaeb0$cb879e89@surya>
Amit Ashok writes:
> I want to use GSL in an optimization problem. The calculations
> involved require various matrix and vector operations using complex
> numbers. Does GSL support complex matrix operations such as:
> Inverses, cholesky decomposition and other more basic operations ?
> I would be very grateful if somebody can advice me as to the
> complex matrix capabilities of GSL.
I have only implemented the decompositions for real matrices. At the
moment the best way to operate on complex matrices is with LAPACK,
passing the elements of the gsl_matrix object as arguments. I'm
hoping someone might add the complex matrix decompositions to GSL one
day.
regards
Brian Gough