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LibFile: linalg.scad

This file provides linear algebra, with support for matrix construction, solutions to linear systems of equations, QR and Cholesky factorizations, and matrix inverse.

To use, add the following lines to the beginning of your file:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>

File Contents

  1. Section: Matrices

  2. Section: Matrix testing and display

  3. Section: Matrix indexing

    • column() – Extract a column from a matrix.
    • submatrix() – Extract a submatrix from a matrix

  4. Section: Matrix construction and modification

  5. Section: Solving Linear Equations and Matrix Factorizations

  6. Section: Matrix Properties: Determinants, Norm, Trace

    • det2() – Compute determinant of 2x2 matrix.
    • det3() – Compute determinant of 3x3 matrix.
    • det4() – Compute determinant of 4x4 matrix.
    • determinant() – compute determinant of an arbitrary square matrix.
    • norm_fro() – Compute Frobenius norm of a matrix
    • matrix_trace() – Compute the trace of a square matrix.

Section: Matrices

The matrix, a rectangular array of numbers which represents a linear transformation, is the fundamental object in linear algebra. In OpenSCAD a matrix is a list of lists of numbers with a rectangular structure. Because OpenSCAD treats all data the same, most of the functions that index matrices or construct them will work on matrices (lists of lists) whose elements are not numbers but may be arbitrary data: strings, booleans, or even other lists. It may even be acceptable in some cases if the structure is non-rectangular. Of course, linear algebra computations and solutions require true matrices with rectangular structure, where all the entries are finite numbers.

Matrices in OpenSCAD are lists of row vectors. However, a potential source of confusion is that OpenSCAD treats vectors as either column vectors or row vectors as demanded by context. Thus both v*M and M*v are valid if M is square and v has the right length. If you want to multiply M on the left by v and w you can do this with [v,w]*M but if you want to multiply on the right side with v and w as column vectors, you now need to use transpose() because OpenSCAD doesn't adjust matrices contextually: A=M*transpose([v,w]). The solutions are now columns of A and you must extract them with column() or take the transpose of A.

Section: Matrix testing and display

Function: is_matrix()

Synopsis: Check if input is a numeric matrix, optionally of specified size

Topics: Matrices

See Also: is_matrix_symmetric(), is_rotation()

Usage:

  • test = is_matrix(A, [m], [n], [square])

Description:

Returns true if A is a numeric matrix of height m and width n with finite entries. If m or n are omitted or set to undef then true is returned for any positive dimension.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
A The matrix to test.
m If given, requires the matrix to have this height.
n Is given, requires the matrix to have this width.
square If true, matrix must have height equal to width. Default: false

Function: is_matrix_symmetric()

Synopsis: Checks if matrix is symmetric

Topics: Matrices

See Also: is_matrix(), is_rotation()

Usage:

  • b = is_matrix_symmetric(A, [eps])

Description:

Returns true if the input matrix is symmetric, meaning it approximately equals its transpose. The matrix can have arbitrary entries.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
A matrix to test
eps epsilon for comparing equality. Default: 1e-12

Function: is_rotation()

Synopsis: Check if a transformation matrix represents a rotation.

Topics: Affine, Matrices, Transforms

See Also: is_matrix(), is_matrix_symmetric()

Usage:

  • b = is_rotation(A, [dim], [centered])

Description:

Returns true if the input matrix is a square affine matrix that is a rotation around any point, or around the origin if centered is true. The matrix must be 3x3 (representing a 2d transformation) or 4x4 (representing a 3d transformation). You can set dim to 2 to require a 2d transform (3x3 matrix) or to 3 to require a 3d transform (4x4 matrix).

Arguments:

By Position What it does
A matrix to test
dim if set, specify dimension in which the transform operates (2 or 3)
centered if true then require rotation to be around the origin. Default: false

Function/Module: echo_matrix()

Synopsis: Print a matrix neatly to the console.

Topics: Matrices

See Also: is_matrix(), is_matrix_symmetric(), is_rotation()

Usage:

  • echo_matrix(M, [description], [sig], [sep], [eps]);
  • dummy = echo_matrix(M, [description], [sig], [sep], [eps]),

Description:

Display a numerical matrix in a readable columnar format with sig significant digits. Values smaller than eps display as zero. If you give a description it is displayed at the top. You can change the space between columns by setting sep to a number of spaces, which will use wide figure spaces the same width as digits, or you can set it to any string to separate the columns. Values that are NaN or INF will display as "nan" and "inf". Values which are otherwise non-numerica display as two dashes. Note that this includes lists, so a 3D array will display as a list of dashes.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M matrix to display, which should be numerical
description optional text to print before the matrix
sig number of digits to display. Default: 4
sep number of spaces between columns or a text string to separate columns. Default: 1
eps numbers smaller than this display as zero. Default: 1e-9

Section: Matrix indexing

Function: column()

Synopsis: Extract a column from a matrix.

Topics: Matrices, List Handling, Arrays

See Also: select(), slice()

Usage:

  • list = column(M, i);

Description:

Extracts entry i from each list in M, or equivalently column i from the matrix M, and returns it as a vector. This function will return undef at all entry positions indexed by i not found in M.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M The given list of lists.
i The index to fetch

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [[1,2,3,4],[5,6,7,8],[9,10,11,12],[13,14,15,16]];
a = column(M,2);      // Returns [3, 7, 11, 15]
b = column(M,0);      // Returns [1, 5, 9, 13]
N = [ [1,2], [3], [4,5], [6,7,8] ];
c = column(N,1);      // Returns [1,undef,5,7]
data = [[1,[3,4]], [3, [9,3]], [4, [3,1]]];   // Matrix with non-numeric entries
d = column(data,0);   // Returns [1,3,4]
e = column(data,1);   // Returns [[3,4],[9,3],[3,1]]



Function: submatrix()

Synopsis: Extract a submatrix from a matrix

Topics: Matrices, Arrays

See Also: column(), block_matrix(), submatrix_set()

Usage:

  • mat = submatrix(M, idx1, idx2);

Description:

The input must be a list of lists (a matrix or 2d array). Returns a submatrix by selecting the rows listed in idx1 and columns listed in idx2.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M Given list of lists
idx1 rows index list or range
idx2 column index list or range

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [[ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
     [ 6, 7, 8, 9,10],
     [11,12,13,14,15],
     [16,17,18,19,20],
     [21,22,23,24,25]];
submatrix(M,[1:2],[3:4]);  // Returns [[9, 10], [14, 15]]
submatrix(M,[1], [3,4]));  // Returns [[9,10]]
submatrix(M,1, [3,4]));  // Returns [[9,10]]
submatrix(M,1,3));  // Returns [[9]]
submatrix(M, [3,4],1); // Returns  [[17],[22]]);
submatrix(M, [1,3],[2,4]); // Returns [[8,10],[18,20]]);
A = [[true,    17, "test"],
     [[4,2],   91, false],
     [6,    [3,4], undef]];
submatrix(A,[0,2],[1,2]);   // Returns [[17, "test"], [[3, 4], undef]]



Section: Matrix construction and modification

Function: ident()

Synopsis: Return identity matrix.

Topics: Affine, Matrices, Transforms

See Also: IDENT, submatrix(), column()

Usage:

  • mat = ident(n);

Description:

Create an n by n square identity matrix.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
n The size of the identity matrix square, n by n.

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
mat = ident(3);
// Returns:
//   [
//     [1, 0, 0],
//     [0, 1, 0],
//     [0, 0, 1]
//   ]



Example 2:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
mat = ident(4);
// Returns:
//   [
//     [1, 0, 0, 0],
//     [0, 1, 0, 0],
//     [0, 0, 1, 0],
//     [0, 0, 0, 1]
//   ]



Function: diagonal_matrix()

Synopsis: Make a diagonal matrix.

Topics: Affine, Matrices

See Also: column(), submatrix()

Usage:

  • mat = diagonal_matrix(diag, [offdiag]);

Description:

Creates a square matrix with the items in the list diag on its diagonal. The off diagonal entries are set to offdiag, which is zero by default.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
diag A list of items to put in the diagnal cells of the matrix.
offdiag Value to put in non-diagonal matrix cells.

Function: transpose()

Synopsis: Transpose a matrix

Topics: Linear Algebra, Matrices

See Also: submatrix(), block_matrix(), hstack(), flatten()

Usage:

  • M = transpose(M, [reverse]);

Description:

Returns the transpose of the given input matrix. The input can be a matrix with arbitrary entries or a numerical vector. If you give a vector then transpose returns it unchanged. When reverse=true, the transpose is done across to the secondary diagonal. (See example below.) By default, reverse=false.

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [
    [1, 2, 3],
    [4, 5, 6],
    [7, 8, 9]
];
t = transpose(M);
// Returns:
// [
//     [1, 4, 7],
//     [2, 5, 8],
//     [3, 6, 9]
// ]



Example 2:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [
    [1, 2, 3],
    [4, 5, 6]
];
t = transpose(M);
// Returns:
// [
//     [1, 4],
//     [2, 5],
//     [3, 6],
// ]



Example 3:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [
    [1, 2, 3],
    [4, 5, 6],
    [7, 8, 9]
];
t = transpose(M, reverse=true);
// Returns:
// [
//  [9, 6, 3],
//  [8, 5, 2],
//  [7, 4, 1]
// ]



Example 4: Transpose on a list of numbers returns the list unchanged

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
transpose([3,4,5]);  // Returns: [3,4,5]



Example 5: Transpose on non-numeric input

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
arr = [
    [  "a",  "b", "c"],
    [  "d",  "e", "f"],
    [[1,2],[3,4],[5,6]]
];
t = transpose(arr);
// Returns:
// [
//     ["a", "d", [1,2]],
//     ["b", "e", [3,4]],
//     ["c", "f", [5,6]],
// ]



Function: outer_product()

Synopsis: Compute the outer product of two vectors.

Topics: Linear Algebra, Matrices

See Also: submatrix(), determinant()

Usage:

  • x = outer_product(u,v);

Usage:

  • M = outer_product(u,v);

Description:

Compute the outer product of two vectors, which is a matrix.

Function: submatrix_set()

Synopsis: Takes a matrix as input and change values in a submatrix.

Topics: Matrices, Arrays

See Also: column(), submatrix()

Usage:

  • mat = submatrix_set(M, A, [m], [n]);

Description:

Sets a submatrix of M equal to the matrix A. By default the top left corner of M is set to A, but you can specify offset coordinates m and n. If A (as adjusted by m and n) extends beyond the bounds of M then the extra entries are ignored. You can pass in A=[[]], a null matrix, and M will be returned unchanged. This function works on arbitrary lists of lists and the input M need not be rectangular in shape.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M Original matrix.
A Submatrix of new values to write into M
m Row number of upper-left corner to place A at. Default: 0
n Column number of upper-left corner to place A at. Default: 0

Function: hstack()

Synopsis: Make a new matrix by stacking matrices horizontally.

Topics: Matrices, Arrays

See Also: column(), submatrix(), block_matrix()

Usage:

  • A = hstack(M1, M2)
  • A = hstack(M1, M2, M3)
  • A = hstack([M1, M2, M3, ...])

Description:

Constructs a matrix by horizontally "stacking" together compatible matrices or vectors. Vectors are treated as columsn in the stack. This command is the inverse of column. Note: strings given in vectors are broken apart into lists of characters. Strings given in matrices are preserved as strings. If you need to combine vectors of strings use list_to_matrix() as shown below to convert the vector into a column matrix. Also note that vertical stacking can be done directly with concat.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M1 If given with other arguments, the first matrix (or vector) to stack. If given alone, a list of matrices/vectors to stack.
M2 Second matrix/vector to stack
M3 Third matrix/vector to stack.

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = ident(3);
v1 = [2,3,4];
v2 = [5,6,7];
v3 = [8,9,10];
a = hstack(v1,v2);     // Returns [[2, 5], [3, 6], [4, 7]]
b = hstack(v1,v2,v3);  // Returns [[2, 5,  8],
                       //          [3, 6,  9],
                       //          [4, 7, 10]]
c = hstack([M,v1,M]);  // Returns [[1, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0],
                       //          [0, 1, 0, 3, 0, 1, 0],
                       //          [0, 0, 1, 4, 0, 0, 1]]
d = hstack(column(M,0), submatrix(M,idx(M),[1 2]));  // Returns M
strvec = ["one","two"];
strmat = [["three","four"], ["five","six"]];
e = hstack(strvec,strvec); // Returns [["o", "n", "e", "o", "n", "e"],
                           //          ["t", "w", "o", "t", "w", "o"]]
f = hstack(list_to_matrix(strvec,1), list_to_matrix(strvec,1));
                           // Returns [["one", "one"],
                           //          ["two", "two"]]
g = hstack(strmat,strmat); //  Returns: [["three", "four", "three", "four"],
                           //            [ "five",  "six",  "five",  "six"]]



Function: block_matrix()

Synopsis: Make a new matrix from a block of matrices.

Topics: Matrices, Arrays

See Also: column(), submatrix()

Usage:

  • bmat = block_matrix([[M11, M12,...],[M21, M22,...], ... ]);

Description:

Create a block matrix by supplying a matrix of matrices, which will be combined into one unified matrix. Every matrix in one row must have the same height, and the combined width of the matrices in each row must be equal. Strings will stay strings.

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
A = [[1,2],
     [3,4]];
B = ident(2);
C = block_matrix([[A,B],[B,A],[A,B]]);
    // Returns:
    //        [[1, 2, 1, 0],
    //         [3, 4, 0, 1],
    //         [1, 0, 1, 2],
    //         [0, 1, 3, 4],
    //         [1, 2, 1, 0],
    //         [3, 4, 0, 1]]);
D = block_matrix([[A,B], ident(4)]);
    // Returns:
    //        [[1, 2, 1, 0],
    //         [3, 4, 0, 1],
    //         [1, 0, 0, 0],
    //         [0, 1, 0, 0],
    //         [0, 0, 1, 0],
    //         [0, 0, 0, 1]]);
E = [["one", "two"], [3,4]];
F = block_matrix([[E,E]]);
    // Returns:
    //        [["one", "two", "one", "two"],
    //         [    3,     4,     3,     4]]



Section: Solving Linear Equations and Matrix Factorizations

Function: linear_solve()

Synopsis: Solve Ax=b or, for overdetermined case, solve the least square problem.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: linear_solve3(), matrix_inverse(), rot_inverse(), back_substitute(), cholesky()

Usage:

  • solv = linear_solve(A,b,[pivot])

Description:

Solves the linear system Ax=b. If A is square and non-singular the unique solution is returned. If A is overdetermined the least squares solution is returned. If A is underdetermined, the minimal norm solution is returned. If A is rank deficient or singular then linear_solve returns []. If b is a matrix that is compatible with A then the problem is solved for the matrix valued right hand side and a matrix is returned. Note that if you want to solve Ax=b1 and Ax=b2 that you need to form the matrix transpose([b1,b2]) for the right hand side and then transpose the returned value. The solution is computed using QR factorization. If pivot is set to true (the default) then pivoting is used in the QR factorization, which is slower but expected to be more accurate.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
A Matrix describing the linear system, which need not be square
b right hand side for linear system, which can be a matrix to solve several cases simultaneously. Must be consistent with A.
pivot if true use pivoting when computing the QR factorization. Default: true

Function: linear_solve3()

Synopsis: Fast solution to Ax=b where A is 3x3.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: linear_solve(), matrix_inverse(), rot_inverse(), back_substitute(), cholesky()

Usage:

  • x = linear_solve3(A,b)

Description:

Fast solution to a 3x3 linear system using Cramer's rule (which appears to be the fastest method in OpenSCAD). The input A must be a 3x3 matrix. Returns undef if A is singular. The input b must be a 3-vector. Note that Cramer's rule is not a stable algorithm, so for the highest accuracy on ill-conditioned problems you may want to use the general solver, which is about ten times slower.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
A 3x3 matrix for linear system
b length 3 vector, right hand side of linear system

Function: matrix_inverse()

Synopsis: General matrix inverse.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: linear_solve(), linear_solve3(), rot_inverse(), back_substitute(), cholesky()

Usage:

  • mat = matrix_inverse(A)

Description:

Compute the matrix inverse of the square matrix A. If A is singular, returns undef. Note that if you just want to solve a linear system of equations you should NOT use this function. Instead use linear_solve(), or use qr_factor(). The computation will be faster and more accurate.

Function: rot_inverse()

Synopsis: Invert 2d or 3d rotation transformations.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra, Affine

See Also: linear_solve(), linear_solve3(), matrix_inverse(), back_substitute(), cholesky()

Usage:

  • B = rot_inverse(A)

Description:

Inverts a 2d (3x3) or 3d (4x4) rotation matrix. The matrix can be a rotation around any center, so it may include a translation. This is faster and likely to be more accurate than using matrix_inverse().

Function: null_space()

Synopsis: Return basis for the null space of A.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: linear_solve(), linear_solve3(), matrix_inverse(), rot_inverse(), back_substitute(), cholesky()

Usage:

  • x = null_space(A)

Description:

Returns an orthonormal basis for the null space of A, namely the vectors {x} such that Ax=0. If the null space is just the origin then returns an empty list.

Function: qr_factor()

Synopsis: Compute QR factorization of a matrix.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: linear_solve(), linear_solve3(), matrix_inverse(), rot_inverse(), back_substitute(), cholesky()

Usage:

  • qr = qr_factor(A,[pivot]);

Description:

Calculates the QR factorization of the input matrix A and returns it as the list [Q,R,P]. This factorization can be used to solve linear systems of equations. The factorization is A = Q*R*transpose(P). If pivot is false (the default) then P is the identity matrix and A = Q*R. If pivot is true then column pivoting results in an R matrix where the diagonal is non-decreasing. The use of pivoting is supposed to increase accuracy for poorly conditioned problems, and is necessary for rank estimation or computation of the null space, but it may be slower.

Function: back_substitute()

Synopsis: Solve an upper triangular system, Rx=b.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: linear_solve(), linear_solve3(), matrix_inverse(), rot_inverse(), cholesky()

Usage:

  • x = back_substitute(R, b, [transpose]);

Description:

Solves the problem Rx=b where R is an upper triangular square matrix. The lower triangular entries of R are ignored. If transpose==true then instead solve transpose(R)*x=b. You can supply a compatible matrix b and it will produce the solution for every column of b. Note that if you want to solve Rx=b1 and Rx=b2 you must set b to transpose([b1,b2]) and then take the transpose of the result. If the matrix is singular (e.g. has a zero on the diagonal) then it returns [].

Function: cholesky()

Synopsis: Compute the Cholesky factorization of a matrix.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: linear_solve(), linear_solve3(), matrix_inverse(), rot_inverse(), back_substitute()

Usage:

  • L = cholesky(A);

Description:

Compute the cholesky factor, L, of the symmetric positive definite matrix A. The matrix L is lower triangular and L * transpose(L) = A. If the A is not symmetric then an error is displayed. If the matrix is symmetric but not positive definite then undef is returned.

Section: Matrix Properties: Determinants, Norm, Trace

Function: det2()

Synopsis: Compute determinant of 2x2 matrix.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: det3(), det4(), determinant(), norm_fro(), matrix_trace()

Usage:

  • d = det2(M);

Description:

Rturns the determinant for the given 2x2 matrix.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M The 2x2 matrix to get the determinant of.

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [ [6,-2], [1,8] ];
det = det2(M);  // Returns: 50



Function: det3()

Synopsis: Compute determinant of 3x3 matrix.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: det2(), det4(), determinant(), norm_fro(), matrix_trace()

Usage:

  • d = det3(M);

Description:

Returns the determinant for the given 3x3 matrix.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M The 3x3 square matrix to get the determinant of.

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [ [6,4,-2], [1,-2,8], [1,5,7] ];
det = det3(M);  // Returns: -334



Function: det4()

Synopsis: Compute determinant of 4x4 matrix.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: det2(), det3(), determinant(), norm_fro(), matrix_trace()

Usage:

  • d = det4(M);

Description:

Returns the determinant for the given 4x4 matrix.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M The 4x4 square matrix to get the determinant of.

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [ [6,4,-2,1], [1,-2,8,-3], [1,5,7,4], [2,3,4,7] ];
det = det4(M);  // Returns: -1773



Function: determinant()

Synopsis: compute determinant of an arbitrary square matrix.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: det2(), det3(), det4(), norm_fro(), matrix_trace()

Usage:

  • d = determinant(M);

Description:

Returns the determinant for the given square matrix.

Arguments:

By Position What it does
M The NxN square matrix to get the determinant of.

Example 1:

include <BOSL2/std.scad>
M = [ [6,4,-2,9], [1,-2,8,3], [1,5,7,6], [4,2,5,1] ];
det = determinant(M);  // Returns: 2267



Function: norm_fro()

Synopsis: Compute Frobenius norm of a matrix

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: det2(), det3(), det4(), determinant(), matrix_trace()

Usage:

  • norm_fro(A)

Description:

Computes frobenius norm of input matrix. The frobenius norm is the square root of the sum of the squares of all of the entries of the matrix. On vectors it is the same as the usual 2-norm. This is an easily computed norm that is convenient for comparing two matrices.

Function: matrix_trace()

Synopsis: Compute the trace of a square matrix.

Topics: Matrices, Linear Algebra

See Also: det2(), det3(), det4(), determinant(), norm_fro()

Usage:

  • matrix_trace(M)

Description:

Computes the trace of a square matrix, the sum of the entries on the diagonal.

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