Fitting in Maxima



-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----

>5. Solving linear systems of equations numerically as A^^-1 . b
>is a bad idea. Why not to use something like linsolve_by_lu on
>floatfield?

Maybe because linsolve_by_lu isn't documented :( I must make a new years
resolution ... Of course, just documenting linsolve_by_lu doesn't make
the function easy find---our documentation needs more cross references
(linsolve_by_lu, solve, linsolve, and algsys all reference each other).

Barton