[R] Inverse Matrices

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 laura at bayesian-bay.freeserve.co.uk wrote:

> I have a problem with finding the inverse of a matrix. I have a square
> 9x9 matrix, A, and when I do solve(A) to find the inverse I get the
> following error message:
>
> Error in solve.default(A) : singular matrix `a' in solve
>
> Has anybody got any ideas as to why this is happening?

Because the matrix probably does not have an inverse, or is extremely
close to one that does not.  Look at its eigendecomposition or svd to
learn more.

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
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