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GNU Octave

Solving Linear Equations

To solve the set of linear equations ax = b, use the left division operator, `\':

octave:7> a \ b

This is conceptually equivalent to inv (a) * b, but avoids computing the inverse of a matrix directly.

If the coefficient matrix is singular, Octave will print a warning message and compute a minimum norm solution.