Scilab Function
Last update : 28/12/2008

polar - polar form

Calling Sequence

[Ro,Theta]=polar(A)

Parameters

Description

[Ro,Theta]=polar(A) returns the polar form of A i.e. A=Ro*expm(%i*Theta)Ro symmetric >=0 and Theta hermitian >=0.

Examples


A=rand(5,5);
[Ro,Theta]=polar(A);
norm(A-Ro*expm(%i*Theta),1)
 
  

See Also

expm,  svd,  

Author

F. Delebecque INRIA; ;