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solve.pdMat

Calculate Inverse of a Positive-Definite Matrix


Description

The positive-definite matrix represented by a is inverted and assigned to a.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'pdMat'
solve(a, b, ...)

Arguments

a

an object inheriting from class "pdMat", representing a positive definite matrix.

b

this argument is only included for consistency with the generic function and is not used in this method function.

...

some methods for this generic require additional arguments. None are used in this method.

Value

a pdMat object similar to a, but with coefficients corresponding to the inverse of the positive-definite matrix represented by a.

Author(s)

José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu

See Also

Examples

pd1 <- pdCompSymm(3 * diag(3) + 1)
solve(pd1)

nlme

Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models

v3.1-152
GPL (>= 2) | file LICENCE
Authors
José Pinheiro [aut] (S version), Douglas Bates [aut] (up to 2007), Saikat DebRoy [ctb] (up to 2002), Deepayan Sarkar [ctb] (up to 2005), EISPACK authors [ctb] (src/rs.f), Siem Heisterkamp [ctb] (Author fixed sigma), Bert Van Willigen [ctb] (Programmer fixed sigma), Johannes Ranke [ctb] (varConstProp()), R-core [aut, cre]
Initial release
2021-02-03

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