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rank

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

rank (M)

Description

Return the rank of that matrix M. The rank is the dimension of the column space. Example:

(%i1) rank(matrix([1,2],[2,4]));
(%o1)                                  1
(%i2) rank(matrix([1,b],[c,d]));
Proviso:  {d - b c # 0}
(%o2)                                  2
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