The svs are 1.99991695e-01, 1.99991682e-01, 6.84719250e-10 so if you try
>>> np.linalg.pinv(a,1e-5) array([[ 0.41097834, 3.12024106, -3.26279309], [-3.38526587, 0.30274957, 1.89394811], [ 2.98692033, -2.30459609, 0.28627222]]) you at least get an answer that's not near-random. w On Wed, 10 Aug 2011, Nadav Horesh wrote: > The matrix in singular, so you can not expect a stable inverse. > > Nadav. > > ________________________________ > From: numpy-discussion-boun...@scipy.org [numpy-discussion-boun...@scipy.org] > On Behalf Of jp d [yo...@yahoo.com] > Sent: 11 August 2011 03:50 > To: numpy-discussion@scipy.org > Subject: [Numpy-discussion] matrix inversion > > hi, > i am trying to invert matrices like this: > [[ 0.01643777 -0.13539939 0.11946689] > [ 0.12479926 0.01210898 -0.09217618] > [-0.13050087 0.07575163 0.01144993]] > > in perl using Math::MatrixReal; > and in various online calculators i get > [ 2.472715991745 3.680743681735 -3.831392002314 ] > [ -4.673105249083 -5.348238625096 -5.703193038649 ] > [ 2.733966489601 -6.567940452290 -5.936617926811 ] > > using python , numpy and linalg.inv (or linalg.pinv) i get a divergent answer > [[ 6.79611151e+07 1.01163031e+08 1.05303510e+08] > [ 1.01163057e+08 1.50585545e+08 1.56748838e+08] > [ 1.05303548e+08 1.56748831e+08 1.63164381e+08]] > > any suggestions? > > thanks > jpd > _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion