R help - Jul 2005 - / Right division.

Dear R gurus.

Is there an R function equivalent to octaves / (Right division)
withouth forming the inverse of Y' using solve ?

[snip - from octave docu]

 Right division.  This is conceptually equivalent to the expression

          (inverse (y') * x')'

     but it is computed without forming the inverse of Y'.

     If the system is not square, or if the coefficient matrix is
     singular, a minimum norm solution is computed.

[snip]

Thanks
Eryk

On 7/26/2005 4:02 PM, nwew wrote:
> Dear R gurus.
> 
> Is there an R function equivalent to octaves / (Right division)
> withouth forming the inverse of Y' using solve ?
> 
> [snip - from octave docu]
> 
>  Right division.  This is conceptually equivalent to the expression
> 
>           (inverse (y') * x')'
> 
>      but it is computed without forming the inverse of Y'.
> 
>      If the system is not square, or if the coefficient matrix is
>      singular, a minimum norm solution is computed.
If x is a vector, I think it's solve(t(Y), x).  If x is stored as a 1xn 
matrix, you'd use t(solve(t(Y), t(x)).

If you're trying to do multiple operations at once, you probably need to 
use the second form.

Duncan Murdoch