sqrt-methods {distr}

Methods for Function sqrt in Package ‘distr’

Description

sqrt-methods using generalized inverses for p.s.d. matrices

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'PosSemDefSymmMatrix'
sqrt(x)

Arguments

x

a p.s.d. matrix (of class PosSemDefSymmMatrix

Methods

sqrt

signature(x = "PosSemDefSymmMatrix"): produces a symmetric, p.s.d. matrix y such that x = y^2.

Author(s)

Peter Ruckdeschel [e-mail]

See Also

solve