Ask Your Question

Revision history [back]

click to hide/show revision 1
initial version

Problem with matrix echelon form

Dear all,

if we define A to be A = matrix([[1,-3,0,2],[-2,4,0,h],[0,-2,1,k],[3,-1,7,1]]) A.echelon_form() gives diag(1,1,1,1). But this is wrong for some values of h and k.In some cases the last 1 could be 0.

How can I fix this? Thanks, N

click to hide/show revision 2
None

Problem with matrix echelon form

Dear all,

if we define A to be be

A = matrix([[1,-3,0,2],[-2,4,0,h],[0,-2,1,k],[3,-1,7,1]])
A.echelon_form() A.echelon_form()

gives diag(1,1,1,1). But this is wrong for some values of h and k.In some cases the last 1 could be 0.

How can I fix this? Thanks, N

click to hide/show revision 3
retagged

Problem with matrix echelon form

Dear all,

if we define A to be

A = matrix([[1,-3,0,2],[-2,4,0,h],[0,-2,1,k],[3,-1,7,1]])
A.echelon_form()

gives diag(1,1,1,1). But this is wrong for some values of h and k.In some cases the last 1 could be 0.

How can I fix this? Thanks, N