LU Decomposition



Dotan Cohen schrieb:

> (%i1) M=matrix([1,2],[3,4]);
          ^
>                                      [ 1  2 ]
> (%o1)                            M = [      ]
>                                      [ 3  4 ]
> (%i2) LU_FACTOR (M);
> (%o2)                            LU_FACTOR(M)
> Why doesn't it work when I use the identifier (variable name M)?

The assignment operator in Maxima is ":", not "=".

Kind regards

Uwe