home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Geek Gadgets 1
/
ADE-1.bin
/
ade-dist
/
octave-1.1.1p1-src.tgz
/
tar.out
/
fsf
/
octave
/
scripts
/
linear-algebra
/
cond.m
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1996-09-28
|
1KB
|
46 lines
# Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
#
# This file is part of Octave.
#
# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
# later version.
#
# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
# for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
function retval = cond (a)
# usage: cond (a)
#
# Return the condition number of a, computed using the singular values
# of a.
#
# See also: norm, svd
if (nargin == 1)
[nr, nc] = size (a);
if (nr == 0 && nc == 0)
if (strcmp (propagate_empty_matrices, "false"))
error ("cond: empty matrix is invalid as argument");
endif
if (strcmp (propagate_empty_matrices, "warn"))
warning ("cond: argument is empty matrix\n");
endif
retval = 0.0;
endif
sigma = svd (a);
retval = sigma (1) / sigma (length (sigma));
else
usage ("cond (a)");
endif
endfunction