sqrtm
.. sqrtm(A)
If ``A`` has no negative real eigenvalues, compute the principal matrix square root of ``A``, that is the unique matrix :math:`X` with eigenvalues having positive real part such that :math:`X^2 = A`. Otherwise, a nonprincipal square root is returned.
If ``A`` is symmetric or Hermitian, its eigendecomposition (:func:`eigfact`) is used to compute the square root. Otherwise, the square root is determined by means of the Björck-Hammarling method, which computes the complex Schur form (:func:`schur`) and then the complex square root of the triangular factor.
.. [BH83] Åke Björck and Sven Hammarling, "A Schur method for the square root
of a matrix", Linear Algebra and its Applications, 52-53, 1983, 127-140.
`doi:10.1016/0024-3795(83)80010-X <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0024-3795(83)80010-X>`_Examples
See Also
Ac_ldiv_B, Ac_ldiv_Bc, Ac_mul_B, Ac_mul_Bc, Ac_rdiv_B, Ac_rdiv_Bc, At_ldiv_B, At_ldiv_Bt, At_mul_B, At_mul_Bt, At_rdiv_B, At_rdiv_Bt, A_ldiv_Bc, A_ldiv_Bt, A_mul_B!, A_mul_Bc, A_mul_Bt, A_rdiv_Bc, A_rdiv_Bt, Bidiagonal, cond, conv2, det, diag, diagind, diagm, diff, eig, eigvals, eigvecs, expm, eye, full, inv, isdiag, ishermitian, isposdef, isposdef!, issym, istril, istriu, logabsdet, logdet, lyap, norm, qrfact, rank, repmat, rot180, rotl90, rotr90, sortrows, sqrtm, SymTridiagonal, trace, Tridiagonal, tril, tril!, triu, triu!, writedlm,User Contributed Notes
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