matrix 2-norm and associated matrix condition number

Thanks for your helpful hints, Barton.

And nice to hear about eigens_by_jacobi, which it is not yet listed in the HTML-Index of
the Windows Help of wxMaxima. As I could see in the share lib you are also the author of
the function eigens_by_jacobi.lisp :) - thanks for that fine code. 

For those, who are interested, my functions now looks like:

mat_norm2(A) := sqrt(lmax(eigenvalues(transpose(conjugate(A)).A)[1]));
mat_norm2(matrix([3,-1],[-1,3]));
--> 4

mat_norm2j(A) := sqrt(lmax(eigens_by_jacobi(transpose(conjugate(A)).A)[1]));
mat_norm2j(matrix([3,-1],[-1,3]));
--> 4.0

HTH Wolfgang

"Barton Willis" <willisb at unk.edu> schrieb:
> No, Maxima doesn't have an alternative to your function. Suggestions:
> 
> (1) replace transpose(A).A  with transpose(conjugate(A).A.
> 
> (2) replace sort with lmax.  The sort function sorts explicit numbers 
> (things like 1.3 and 2/3) from least to greatest (I think), but it 
> doesn't sort things like sqrt(3), %pi, 42... from least to greatest.
> So your sort function may return the wrong eigenvalue.
> 
> For matrices larger that 3 x 3, it's unlikely that your function will
> work.  If you are interested in floating point, maybe you could
> use eigens_by_jacobi. Also, there is a recently added function (not
> sure of its name) for numerical eigenvalue problems that should be
> faster than eigens_by_jacobi.
> 
> Barton
> 
> maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote on 04/26/2007 10:39:00 AM:
> 
> > Dear experts,
> > 
> > AFAIK maxima currently has no matrix 2-norm and no matrix condition 
> > number based on
> > 2-norm.
> > In teaching the 2-norm/2-condition sometimes matters.
> > 
> > So I wrote simple beginners implementations of both concepts:
> > 
> > load("linearalgebra");
> > 
> > mat_norm2(A) := sqrt(last(sort(eigenvalues(transpose(A).A)[1])));
> > mat_norm2(matrix([3,-1],[-1,3]));  --> 4
> > 
> > 
> > mat_cond2(A) := mat_norm2(invert(A))*mat_norm2(A)$
> > mat_cond2(matrix([3,-1],[-1,3]));  --> 2
> > 
> > It works for me (and for some little tests), but I wonder if someone
> > has written 
> > 'alternative' Maxima functions using other or better math or maxima 
> concepts.
> > Any hints are very welcome.
> > 
> > -- 
> > HTH  Wolfgang
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