On 7/17/2011 1:57 PM, Sturla Molden wrote:
> I suggest inverting a NumPy matrix could result in an unsolved linear
> system type, instead of actually computing the matrix inverse and
> returning a new matrix.
1. Too implicit.
2. Too confusing for new users.
2a. Too confusing for students.
However a "project" method might be nice, where
X.project(Y) would do an orthogonal projection of Y onto X.
(Then the underlying computation becomes an implementation detail.)
fwiw,
Alan Isaac
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