@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 John W. Eaton
@c This is part of the Octave manual.
@c For copying conditions, see the file gpl.texi.

@node Linear Algebra, Nonlinear Equations, Arithmetic, Top
@chapter Linear Algebra

This chapter documents the linear algebra functions of Octave.
Reference material for many of these functions may be found in
Golub and Van Loan, @cite{Matrix Computations, 2nd Ed.}, Johns Hopkins,
1989, and in @cite{@sc{Lapack} Users' Guide}, SIAM, 1992.

@menu
* Basic Matrix Functions::      
* Matrix Factorizations::       
* Functions of a Matrix::       
@end menu

@node Basic Matrix Functions, Matrix Factorizations, Linear Algebra, Linear Algebra
@section Basic Matrix Functions

@DOCSTRING(balance)

@DOCSTRING(cond)

@DOCSTRING(det)

@DOCSTRING(dmult)

@DOCSTRING(dot)

@DOCSTRING(eig)

@DOCSTRING(givens)

@DOCSTRING(inv)

@DOCSTRING(norm)

@DOCSTRING(null)

@DOCSTRING(orth)

@DOCSTRING(pinv)

@DOCSTRING(rank)

@DOCSTRING(trace)

@node Matrix Factorizations, Functions of a Matrix, Basic Matrix Functions, Linear Algebra
@section Matrix Factorizations

@DOCSTRING(chol)

@DOCSTRING(hess)

@DOCSTRING(lu)

@DOCSTRING(qr)

@DOCSTRING(qz)

@DOCSTRING(qzhess)

@DOCSTRING(schur)

@DOCSTRING(svd)

@c XXX FIXME XXX -- should there be a new section here?

@DOCSTRING(housh)

@DOCSTRING(krylov)

@node Functions of a Matrix,  , Matrix Factorizations, Linear Algebra
@section Functions of a Matrix

@DOCSTRING(expm)

@DOCSTRING(logm)

@DOCSTRING(sqrtm)

@DOCSTRING(kron)

@DOCSTRING(syl)