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numpy.linalg:inv

source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/numpy/linalg/_linalg.py :536

Signature

def   inv ( a )

Summary

Compute the inverse of a matrix.

Extended Summary

Given a square matrix a, return the matrix ainv satisfying a @ ainv = ainv @ a = eye(a.shape[0]).

Parameters

a : (..., M, M) array_like

Matrix to be inverted.

Returns

ainv : (..., M, M) ndarray or matrix

Inverse of the matrix a.

Raises

: LinAlgError

If a is not square or inversion fails.

Notes

Broadcasting rules apply, see the numpy.linalg documentation for details.

If a is detected to be singular, a LinAlgError is raised. If a is ill-conditioned, a LinAlgError may or may not be raised, and results may be inaccurate due to floating-point errors.

Examples

import numpy as np
from numpy.linalg import inv
a = np.array([[1., 2.], [3., 4.]])
ainv = inv(a)
np.allclose(a @ ainv, np.eye(2))
np.allclose(ainv @ a, np.eye(2))
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If a is a matrix object, then the return value is a matrix as well: 
ainv = inv(np.matrix(a))
ainv
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Inverses of several matrices can be computed at once: 
a = np.array([[[1., 2.], [3., 4.]], [[1, 3], [3, 5]]])
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inv(a)
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If a matrix is close to singular, the computed inverse may not satisfy ``a @ ainv = ainv @ a = eye(a.shape[0])`` even if a `LinAlgError` is not raised: 
a = np.array([[2,4,6],[2,0,2],[6,8,14]])
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inv(a)  # No errors raised
a @ inv(a)
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To detect ill-conditioned matrices, you can use `numpy.linalg.cond` to compute its *condition number* [1]_. The larger the condition number, the more ill-conditioned the matrix is. As a rule of thumb, if the condition number ``cond(a) = 10**k``, then you may lose up to ``k`` digits of accuracy on top of what would be lost to the numerical method due to loss of precision from arithmetic methods. 
from numpy.linalg import cond
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cond(a)
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It is also possible to detect ill-conditioning by inspecting the matrix's singular values directly. The ratio between the largest and the smallest singular value is the condition number: 
from numpy.linalg import svd
sigma = svd(a, compute_uv=False)  # Do not compute singular vectors
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sigma.max()/sigma.min()
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See also

numpy.linalg.cond

Compute the condition number of a matrix.

numpy.linalg.svd

Compute the singular value decomposition of a matrix.

scipy.linalg.inv

Similar function in SciPy.

Aliases

  • numpy.linalg.inv

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