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Numerical Linear Algebra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

W. Kahan
W. Kahan*
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University of Toronto
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The primordial problems of linear algebra are the solution of a system of linear equations

and the solution of the eigenvalue problem

for the eigenvalues λk, and corresponding eigenvectors of a given matrix A.

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Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 9 , Issue 5 , December 1966 , pp. 757 - 801
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1966

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