- Title
- Some aspects of the theory, application, and computation of generalised inverses of matrices
- Creator
- Cretchley, Partricia C
- Date Issued
- 1977
- Date
- 1977
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6212
- Identifier
- vital:21063
- Description
- The idea of generalising the classical notion of the inverse of a non-singular matrix arose as far back as in 1920, but it was not until the late fifties that the development of the theory gained any impetus. Since then , as is the case in the development of many new concepts , work done in parallel in various parts of the world has resulted in a great deal of untidiness in the literature : confusion over terminology , and even duplication of theory. More recently, however, some attempts have been made to bring together people active in the field of generalised inverses, in order to reach consensus on some aspects of definition and terminology, and to publish more general works on the subject. Towards this purpose, a symposium on the theory and application of generalised inverses of matrices was held in Lubbock, Texas, and its proceedings published in 1968 (see [25] ). A few other works of this nature (see [4], (19a] ) have appeared , but the bulk of the literature still comprises numerous diverse papers offering further ideas on the theoretical properties which these matrices have , and drawing attention to their application in areas of statistics , numerical analysis , filtering , modern control and estimation theory, pattern recognition and many others. This essay offers a look at generalised inverses in the following way: firstly a broad basis and background is established in the first three chapters to provide greater understanding of the motivation for the remaining chapters, where the approach then changes to become far more detailed. Within this general framework, Chapter 1 offers a brief glimpse of the history and development of work in the field. In Chapter 2 some of the most significant properties of these inverses are described, while in Chapters 3 and 4 and 5 attention is given to interesting and remarkable computational algorithms relating to generalised inverses (some well suited to machine processing). The material of Chapters 4 and 5 is largely due to Decell, Stallings and Boullion, and Tanabe, in [6], [24] and [27], respectively, while the source of material for the first three chapters is the literature generally, with Penrose's two papers providing a rough framework for Chapters 1 and 2 (see [17]).
- Format
- 63 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science, Mathematics (Pure and Applied)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Cretchley, Partricia C
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