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Output

Functions return results to the display (and to the variable

Ans).

Results can be displayed with single brackets (for a vector) or

double brackets (for a matrix).

Matrix Functions

COLNORM

Column Norm. Finds the maximum value (over all columns) of

the sums of the absolute values of all elements in a column.

COLNORM (mahrx)

COND

Condition Number. Finds the 1-norm (column norm) of a square

matrix.

COND {matrix)

CROSS

Cross Product of

vector!

X

vector2.

CROSS

(

vector!, vector2)

DET

Determinant of a square

matrix.

DET {matrix)

DOT

Dot Product of two arrays,

matrix! ■ matrix2.

DOT {matrix!, matrix2)

EIGENVAL

Displays the eigenvalues in vector form for

matrix.

EIGENVAL

{matrix)

EIGENW

Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues for a square

matrix.

Displays a list

of two arrays. The first contains the eigenvectors and the second
contains the eigenvalues.

EIGENW (marnx)

IDENMAT

Identity matrix. Creates a square matrix of dimension

sizexsize

whose diagonal elements equal 1 and off-diagonal elements
equal zero.

IDENMAT

{size)

INVERSE

Inverts a square matrix (real or complex).

lNVERSE(maft7JOTame)

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