[SciPy-User] permutation matrix in LU decomposition

[Jason Grout]

On 11/28/12 2:00 PM, Ralf Gommers wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Jason Grout
> <jason-sage at creativetrax.com <mailto:jason-sage at creativetrax.com>> wrote:
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>     I just noticed that the permutation matrix P returned in scipy's LU
>     decomposition is the inverse (i.e., transpose) of the permutation matrix
>     returned from Matlab's LU function.  In scipy, A = PLU, but in Matlab,
>     PA=LU [1].  It's just a convention, of course, but perhaps a note about
>     this could be added to the relevant table row of
>     http://www.scipy.org/NumPy_for_Matlab_Users?
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> Sure, done. Note that that page is a wiki, so feel free to make more
> updates.

Ah, right.  Had I realized that, I would have just made the update myself.

Thanks,

Jason