cond

Arguments

X

real or complex matrix. For the c = cond(X,p) syntax, X must be square.

p

1 | 2 | %inf | "inf" | "fro": Used norm. Default value = 2.

c

positive decimal number: the condition number.

Description

c = cond(X)

returns condition number in 2-norm.cond(X) is the ratio of the largest singular value of X to the smallest.

c = cond(X, p)

returns the condition number in p-norm : norm(X, p) * norm(inv(X), p). p possible values are:

1 :	condition number in 1-norm.
2 :	condition number in 2-norm.
%inf | "inf" :	condition number in infinite norm
"fro" :	condition number in Frobenius norm

Examples

// Condition number of a non-square matrix
cond([1 0 -1 ; 0 1 -1])

A = testmatrix('hilb',6);
// condition number in 2-norm
cond(A)
cond(A, 2)

// condition number in 1-norm
cond(A, 1)

// condition number in infinity norm
cond(A, %inf)

// condition number in Frobenius norm
cond(A, 'fro')

See also

• rcond — inverse condition number
• svd — singular value decomposition
• norm — norms of a vector or a matrix

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