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| − | which is consistent with the answer we obtained by hand above. The figure shows plots of the two equations, along with a circle indicating the solution (where the lines intersect). [[image:linsys_example.png|right|400px]] | + | which is consistent with the answer we obtained by hand above. The figure shows [[:Matlab_Plotting#X-Y_Line_Plots|plots]] of the two equations, along with a circle indicating the solution (where the lines intersect). [[image:linsys_example.png|right|400px]] |
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Solving Linear Systems of Equations in MATLAB
This section discusses how to solve a set of linear equations =(b)](/wiki/images/math/b/3/a/b3ae30ff4dcdb54b97d86d814ca503d6.png)
in MATLAB.
See the discussion of linear algebra for help on writing a linear system of equations in matrix-vector format. There is also help on creating matrices and vectors in MATLAB.
The simplest way of solving a system of equations in MATLAB is by using the \ operator. Given a matrix A and a vector b, we may solve the system using the following MATLAB commands:
x = A\b;
Example
Consider the following set of equations:
These can be easily solved by hand to obtain
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To solve the system of equations using MATLAB, first rewrite these in a matrix-vector form as
![\begin{align}
5x + 6y = 0 \\
3x + 1y &= -5 \\
\end{align}
\quad \Leftrightarrow \quad
\left[ \begin{array}{cc} 5 & 6 \\ 3 & 1 \end{array} \right]
\left( \begin{array}{c} x \\ y \end{array} \right) =
\left( \begin{array}{c} 0 \\ -5 \end{array} \right) .](/wiki/images/math/2/9/6/2965044b507f1faf6e68da9d984182e4.png)
Once in matrix-vector form, the solution is obtained in MATLAB by using the following commands:
A = [ 5 6; 3 1 ]; % define the matrix
b = [ 0; -5 ]; % define the vector
solution = A\b; % solve the system of equations.
In this example, solution is a column vector whose elements are x and y:
![\mathrm{solution} = \left[ \begin{array}{c} -2.3077 \\1.9231 \end{array} \right],](/wiki/images/math/e/5/0/e505e14fb2bca099016a128929a7e712.png)
Matrix Inverse
Note that we can also form the inverse of a matrix,
![[A] (x)=(b) \quad \Leftrightarrow \quad (x)=[A]^{-1}(b).](/wiki/images/math/9/6/0/96008bab47a724a093e8ed6374cec8f5.png)
This can be done in MATLAB as illustrated by the following:
A = [ 5 6; 3 1 ];
b = [ 0; -5 ];
Ainv = A^-1; % calculate the inverse of A
solution = Ainv*b; % calculate the solution
We could also calculate A-1 by
Ainv = inv(A); % entirely equivalent to A^-1.
Sparse Systems
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Linear Systems using the Symbolic Toolbox
Occasionally we may want to find the symbolic (general) solution to a system of equations rather than a specific numerical solution. The symbolic toolbox provides a way to do this.
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