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Re: inverse matrix

#4581
From: Jim Carr
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 19:35
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In article <1993Jan8.134612.18468@news.unige.ch> pfennige@scsun.unige.ch (PFENNIGER Daniel) writes:
>
>Is it true that a Fortran-90 programme inverting matrix A would be:
>      B = 1./A

No.  You must be thinking that f90 will emulate APL in all of its "glory". 
In APL, the line 
                   B (leftarrow) 1/A 

would give you the inverse of A.  

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