sqroot - W*W' hermitian factorization

Calling Sequence

sqroot(X)

Parameters

• X : symmetric non negative definite real or complex matrix

Description

returns W such that X=W*W' (uses SVD).

Examples

X=rand(5,2)*rand(2,5);X=X*X';
W=sqroot(X)
norm(W*W'-X,1)
//
X=rand(5,2)+%i*rand(5,2);X=X*X';
W=sqroot(X)
norm(W*W'-X,1)
 

See Also

chol  svd