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Student[LinearAlgebra]

  

Pivot

  

pivot about a Matrix entry

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

Pivot(A, i, j, options)

Parameters

A

-

Matrix

i, j

-

integers; position of the pivot entry

options

-

(optional) parameters; for a complete list, see LinearAlgebra[Pivot]

Description

• 

The Pivot(A, i, j) command pivots A about the nonzero entry Ai,j.  Multiples of the ith row are added to every other row in A, with the result that all entries in the jth column of A are zero except for the i,jth element.

Examples

withStudentLinearAlgebra:

A1,5,9,3|2,6,0,4|3,7,1,5|4,8,2,6

A1234567890123456

(1)

PPivotA,1,1

P12340−4−8−120−18−26−340−2−4−6

(2)

PivotP,2,2

10−1−20−4−8−120010200000

(3)

See Also

LinearAlgebra[Pivot]

Student[LinearAlgebra]

Student[LinearAlgebra][AddRow]

Student[LinearAlgebra][LUDecomposition]

Student[LinearAlgebra][MultiplyRow]

Student[LinearAlgebra][SwapRow]