If both A and B are matrices, then A \
B is the (numerical) solution of matrix equation
A X = B. The matrix A must be an
non-singular square matrix and B must have
n rows.
For example
>> A = [1, 2, -3; 2, 1, 5; 0, -1, 5];
>> b = [3; 1; -2];
>> x = A \ b
0.75
0.75
-0.25
>> A * x - b
0
0
0
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2009-12-22