Gauss Elimination and Jordan
Gauss Elimination and Jordan
jordan
Er. Sudip rana
Linear equation.
Equation is said to be linear if the highest degree in variable is 1.
A linear equation can be expressed as 𝑎1 𝑥1 + 𝑎2 𝑥2 + ⋯ + 𝑎𝑛 𝑥𝑛 = 𝑏
𝑎1 , 𝑎2,…… 𝑎𝑛 are called coefficient and b is constant term.
If b=0; it is called linear homogeneous equation. Otherwise it is
called non linear homogeneous equation.
For a homogeneous equation |AX|=0; if the solution Is only zero
then it is called trivial solution. The solution other than zero is called
non trivial solution.
System of equation may not have solution. It is called inconsistent.
For eg when the lines are parallel.
When there are infinite solution; it is called consistent. For eg
coincident lines.
It is also consistent if it has unique solution. For eg intersecting lines.
Solution of system of linear equations
method
direct indirect
Gauss LU
Gauss Jordan Jacobi Gauss seidal
elimination decomposition
Gauss elimination
It is called direct method since the value can be obtained
directly by elimination technique.
Given equation is changed into augmented matrix form.
It can be done by forward as well as backward elimination.
𝑎1 𝑏1 𝑐1 𝑑1
0 𝑏2 𝑐2 𝑑2 is called upper triangular matrix.
0 0 𝑐3 𝑑3
𝑎1 0 0 𝑑1
𝑎2 𝑏2 0 𝑑2 is called lower triangular matrix.
𝑎3 𝑏3 𝑐3 𝑑3
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There are two technique for solving by gauss elimination.
Pivoting is the process of eliminating the variable
considering one focal pivot element.
It can be done only if pivot element is non zero.
Pivoting can be done either by partial or complete
pivoting method.
In partial pivoting technique, the highest coefficient of
variable in row is kept at top at each step and made the
pivot element.
In complete pivoting both columns and rows are searched
for highest coefficient. It involves more complexities and
difficult in practice and rarely used.
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