svd_test

svd_test, a Python code which demonstrates the computation of the singular value decomposition and a few of its properties.

The singular value decomposition has uses in solving overdetermined or underdetermined linear systems, linear least squares problems, data compression, the pseudoinverse matrix, reduced order modeling, and the accurate computation of matrix rank and null space.

The singular value decomposition of an M by N rectangular matrix A has the form

        A(mxn) = U(mxm) * S(mxn) * V'(nxn)
      

• U is an orthogonal matrix, whose columns are the left singular vectors;
• S is a diagonal matrix, whose min(m,n) diagonal entries are the singular values;
• V is an orthogonal matrix, whose columns are the right singular vectors;

Usage:

svd_test ( m, n, seed )

• m is the number of rows in the matrix,
• n is the number of columns in the matrix,
• seed the seed for the random number generator.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

svd_test is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

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Reference:

1. Edward Anderson, Zhaojun Bai, Christian Bischof, Susan Blackford, James Demmel, Jack Dongarra, Jeremy Du Croz, Anne Greenbaum, Sven Hammarling, Alan McKenney, Danny Sorensen,
   LAPACK User's Guide,
   Third Edition,
   SIAM, 1999,
   ISBN: 0898714478,
   LC: QA76.73.F25L36
2. Jack Dongarra, Jim Bunch, Cleve Moler, Pete Stewart,
   LINPACK User's Guide,
   SIAM, 1979,
   ISBN13: 978-0-898711-72-1,
   LC: QA214.L56.
3. Gene Golub, Charles VanLoan,
   Matrix Computations, Third Edition,
   Johns Hopkins, 1996,
   ISBN: 0-8018-4513-X,
   LC: QA188.G65.
4. David Kahaner, Cleve Moler, Steven Nash,
   Numerical Methods and Software,
   Prentice Hall, 1989,
   ISBN: 0-13-627258-4,
   LC: TA345.K34.
5. Lloyd Trefethen, David Bau,
   Numerical Linear Algebra,
   SIAM, 1997,
   ISBN: 0-89871-361-7,
   LC: QA184.T74.

Source Code:

• svd_test.py, the source code.
• svd_test.sh, runs all the tests.
• svd_test.txt, the output file.