[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49668] Incorrect description of backslash operator on website

[Marco Caliari]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49668>

                 Summary: Incorrect description of backslash operator on
website
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: caliari
            Submitted on: Tue 22 Nov 2016 09:20:16 AM GMT
                Category: Octave website
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Dear all,

the description


x = A \ b     # Solve the system  Ax = b  by inverting A


on the website is not correct. The matrix is not inverted, rather the LU
factorization is computed. Inverting matrices for solving linear systems is
generally bad.




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