[R] Find A, given B where B=A'A

[Lucke, Joseph F]

chol(B) doesn't give the original A, which I believe is what Mike wants.


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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:08 PM
To: Michael Gormley
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Subject: Re: [R] Find A, given B where B=A'A

B is symmetric by definition; if it's also real positive-definite then A
is the upper triangular factor of the Choleski decomposition, and you
can use
> chol(B)
to get A.

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Michael Gormley wrote:

> Given a matrix B, where B=A'A, how can I find A?
> In other words, if I have a matrix B which I know is another matrix A 
> times its transpose, can I find matrix A?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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