From: John D'Errico on 15 Feb 2010 06:19 Hafsa <qureshi.hafsa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message <7f89c5e2-c448-44f2-a34e-43d6b980fcc5(a)q16g2000yqq.googlegroups.com>... > based on LDL' cholesky decomposition of matrix A, I want to solve for > alpha in A*alpha=phi > any built-in routine for that? So if you now have the ldl factors, use backslash to solve for alpha. No built-in routine necessary. John |