R help - Jul 2003 - Simple linear regression

Dear all,

My friend wants to fit a model of the type

z = a x^n y^m + b,

where x, y, z are data and a, b, n, m are unknown parameters. 

How can he transform this to fit in the linear regression framework? 
Any help would be appreciated.

With regards, 
Gorazd Brumen

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Try:
  ?lm

On 10 Jul 2003, Gorazd Brumen wrote:
> Date: 10 Jul 2003 12:54:46 +0200
> From: Gorazd Brumen <gbrumen at student.ethz.ch>
> To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] Simple linear regression
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> My friend wants to fit a model of the type
> 
> z = a x^n y^m + b,
> 
> where x, y, z are data and a, b, n, m are unknown parameters. 
> 
> How can he transform this to fit in the linear regression framework? 
> Any help would be appreciated.
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