Matrix Inversion

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Matrix inversion is often performed to simplify solving a system of linear equations.

Matrix Inversion ExampleTo invert a matrix it must be square i.e. have the same number of rows and columns, and the so-called determinant should not be zero.

If a square matrix has an inverse it is called invertible, otherwise, it is called singular.

The source code presents two versions of matrix inversion. SUB MatInvers is the simplest version, which illustrates how matrix inversion is done.

SUB MatInversRCI is designed to maintain the highest possible precision in the calculations. Both versions use Gaussian elimination and both calculate the determinant.

[code language="vb"]
#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
'
FUNCTION PBMAIN
    LOCAL I, J, M AS LONG
    M = 3 ' number of rows and columns in matrix
    DIM ma(1 TO M, 1 TO M) AS EXT ' extended precision
    LOCAL Det AS EXT, T AS STRING
    ' matrix
    ma(1,1) =  1.0 : ma(1,2) =  3.0 : ma(1,3) = -4.0
    ma(2,1) =  5.0 : ma(2,2) =  2.0 : ma(2,3) =  1.0
    ma(3,1) =  3.0 : ma(3,2) =  2.0 : ma(3,3) = -2.0
    Det = 1.0
    CALL Results(ma(), M, Det, T, "Original")

   ' CALL MatInvers(ma(), M, Det)
    CALL MatInversRCI(ma(), M, Det)

    CALL Results(ma(), M, Det, T, "Inverted")

   ' CALL MatInvers(ma(), M, Det)
    CALL MatInversRCI(ma(), M, Det)

    CALL Results(ma(), M, Det, T, "Inversion of inverted matrix = Original")
    MSGBOX T ,,"Results:"
END FUNCTION
'
SUB MatInvers(BYREF A() AS EXT, BYVAL M AS LONG, BYREF Det AS EXT)
    ' Gauss reduction inversion method.
    ' M is the order of the square matrix A()
    ' A() inverse is returned in A().
    ' Determinant is returned.
    LOCAL I, J, K, L AS LONG, Te AS EXT, Pivot AS EXT
    Det = 1.0
    FOR J = 1 TO M
        Pivot = A(J,J) : A(J,J) = 1.0
        Det = Det * Pivot
        IF Det = 0.0 THEN
            MSGBOX "Matrix singular - cannot invert",,"Problem": EXIT SUB
        END IF
        ' Divide pivot row with pivot element.
        FOR K = 1 TO M : A(J,K) = A(J,K) / Pivot : NEXT
        FOR K = 1 TO M
            ' Reduce the non pivot rows.
            IF K <> J THEN
                Te = A(K,J) : A(K,J) = 0.0
                FOR L = 1 TO M : A(K,L) = A(K,L) - A(J,L) * Te : NEXT
            END IF
        NEXT
    NEXT
END SUB
'
SUB MatInversRCI(BYREF A() AS EXT, BYVAL M AS LONG, BYREF Det AS EXT)
    ' calculate inverse and determinant by the Gauss-Jordan method
    ' M is the order of the square matrix A()
    ' A() inverse is returned in A().
    ' Determinant is returned.
    ' This version brings the largest elements of the matrix
    ' to the diagonal to serve as pivot divisors.
    ' This is done by interchanging rows and columns. In this
    ' way you avoid losing precision, which could have occured by
    ' dividing very large numbers by very small numbers.

    LOCAL I, J, K, L, L1, Irow, Icol AS LONG, Amax, SW AS EXT
    DIM Ipvt(1 TO M) AS LOCAL LONG, Pvt(1 TO M) AS LOCAL EXT
    DIM indx(1 TO M, 1 TO 2) AS LOCAL LONG
    Det = 1.0
    FOR J = 1 TO M : Ipvt(J) = 0 : NEXT
    FOR I = 1 TO M
        ' search for the pivot element
        Amax = 0.0
        FOR J = 1 TO M
            IF Ipvt(J) <> 1 THEN
                FOR K = 1 TO M
                    IF Ipvt(K) <> 1 THEN
                        IF ABS(Amax) < ABS(A(J, K)) THEN
                             Irow = J
                             Icol = K
                             Amax = A(J, K)
                        END IF
                    END IF
                NEXT
            END IF
        NEXT
        INCR Ipvt(Icol)
        ' interchange the rows to put pivot element on the diagonal
        IF Irow <> Icol THEN
            Det = -Det
            FOR L = 1 TO M
                SWAP A(Irow, L), A(Icol, L)
            NEXT
        END IF
        Indx(I, 1) = Irow : Indx(I, 2) = Icol
        Pvt(I) = A(Icol, Icol)
        Det = Det * Pvt(I)
        A(Icol, Icol) = 1.0
        IF Det = 0.0 THEN
            MSGBOX "Matrix singular - cannot invert",,"Problem"
            EXIT SUB
        END IF
        ' divide the pivot row by the pivot element
        FOR L = 1 TO M
            A(Icol, L) = A(Icol, L) / Pvt(I)
        NEXT
        ' reduce non-pivot rows
        FOR L1 = 1 TO M
            IF L1 <> Icol THEN
                SW = A(L1, Icol)
                A(L1, Icol) = 0.0
                FOR L = 1 TO M
                    A(L1, L) = A(L1, L) - A(Icol, L) * SW
                NEXT
            END IF
        NEXT
    NEXT
    ' interchange the columns
    FOR I = 1 TO M
        L = M + 1 - I
        IF indx(L, 1) <> indx(L, 2) THEN
            Irow = indx(L, 1)
            Icol = indx(L, 2)
            FOR K = 1 TO M
                SWAP A(K, Irow), A(K, Icol)
            NEXT
        END IF
    NEXT
END SUB
'
SUB Results(BYREF ma() AS EXT,BYVAL M AS LONG, _
      BYVAL Det AS EXT, BYREF T AS STRING, BYVAL T2 AS STRING)
    LOCAL I AS LONG, J AS LONG
    T = T + T2 + " matrix" + $CRLF
    IF Det <> 0 THEN
        FOR I = 1 TO M
            FOR J = 1 TO M
                T = T + STR$(ma(I, J), 18) + "    "
            NEXT
            T = T + $CRLF
        NEXT
        IF Det <> 1 THEN
            T = T + "Determinant =  " + _
            STR$(Det, 18)+$CRLF+$CRLF
        ELSE
            T = T + $CRLF
        END IF
    END IF
END SUB
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