Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Robin Hankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi > > > > I am having difficulty with eigen() on R-devel_2006-01-05.tar.gz > > > > Specifically, in R-2.2.0 I get expected behaviour: > > > > > > > eigen(matrix(1:100,10,10),FALSE,TRUE)$values > > [1] 5.208398e+02+0.000000e+00i -1.583980e+01+0.000000e+00i > > [3] -4.805412e-15+0.000000e+00i 1.347691e-15+4.487511e-15i > > [5] 1.347691e-15-4.487511e-15i -4.269863e-16+0.000000e+00i > > [7] 1.364748e-16+0.000000e+00i -1.269735e-16+0.000000e+00i > > [9] -1.878758e-18+5.031259e-17i -1.878758e-18-5.031259e-17i > > > > > > > > > The same command gives different results in the development version: > > > > > > > eigen(matrix(1:100,10,10),FALSE,TRUE)$values > > [1] 3.903094e-118 -3.903094e-118 -2.610848e-312 -2.995687e-313 > > -2.748516e-313 > > [6] -1.073138e-314 -1.061000e-314 -1.060998e-314 4.940656e-324 > > 0.000000e+00 > > > R.version() > > Error: attempt to apply non-function > > > R.version > > Strange and semi-random results on SuSE 9.3 as well: > > > eigen(matrix(1:100,10,10))$values > [1] -5.393552e+194 3.512001e-68 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 > 0.000000e+00 > [6] 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 > 0.000000e+00 > > eigen(matrix(1:100,10,10))$values > [1] 1.526259e-311 -1.041529e-311 1.181720e-313 0.000000e+00 > 0.000000e+00 > [6] 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 > 0.000000e+00 > > eigen(matrix(1:100,10,10))$values > [1] -9.338774e+93 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 > [6] 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00 > > eigen(matrix(1:100,10,10))$values > [1] 5.4e-311+ 0.0e+00i -2.5e-311+3.7e-311i -2.5e-311-3.7e-311i > [4] 2.5e-312+ 0.0e+00i -2.4e-312+ 0.0e+00i 3.2e-317+ 0.0e+00i > [7] 0.0e+00+ 0.0e+00i 0.0e+00+ 0.0e+00i 0.0e+00+ 0.0e+00i > [10] 0.0e+00+ 0.0e+00i
On closer inspection: > eigen(matrix(as.numeric(1:100),10),FALSE,TRUE) $values [1] 5.208398e+02+0.000000e+00i -1.583980e+01+0.000000e+00i [3] 9.895951e-15+3.370683e-15i 9.895951e-15-3.370683e-15i [5] -7.018984e-15+2.881924e-15i -7.018984e-15-2.881924e-15i [7] -7.978136e-16+2.629350e-15i -7.978136e-16-2.629350e-15i [9] 1.818143e-16+6.007106e-16i 1.818143e-16-6.007106e-16i $vectors NULL I.e. there's a bug in that eigen() doesn't check the storage mode, but there's also a simple workaround. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Ă˜ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel