Script for Gauss Elimination method
This matlab script can solve a system of linear equations by Gauss elimination method with partial pivoting. Fun fact is, this script can show the calculation steps. So, A lot less effort is needed while preparing assignments.
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% Title: Gauss Elimination with partial pivoting %
% Author: Dhiman Roy, Dept. of ME (BUET) %
% Date: August 23, 2021 %
% Licensed under Creative Commons %
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clear;
clc;
global showSteps;
showSteps = true; %can be true or false. true shows calculation steps
A = input('Please Enter the Co-efficient Matrix, A:\n' );
b = input('Please Enter the Constants(Must be a column vector, b:\n');
solByGEPP = gaussElimPartPiv(A, b)
function [x] = gaussElimPartPiv(A, b)
global showSteps;
[m, n] = size(A);
if m~=n
error("'A' must be a square matrix.");
else
aug = [A b];
if showSteps == 1
fprintf("Gauss elimination with partial pivoting.\nAugmented Matrix:\n");
disp(aug);
fprintf("\n");
end
for k = 1: n-1
%partial pivoting
for p = k+1:n
if abs(A(k,k) < A(p,k))
aug([k p],:) = aug([p k],:);
end
end
%forward elimination
for i = k+1: n
if showSteps == 1
fprintf("Row%d = Row%d - (%0.4f)/(%0.4f) * Row%d\n", i, i, aug(i,k), aug(k,k), k);
end
factor = aug(i,k)/aug(k,k);
aug(i,k:n+1) = aug(i,k:n+1)-factor*aug(k,k:n+1);
end
%display augmented matrix after each step
if showSteps == 1
fprintf("\n");
disp(aug)
fprintf("\n");
end
end
%back substitution
x = zeros(n,1);
x(n) = aug(n,n+1)/aug(n,n);
for i = n-1:-1:1
x(i) = (aug(i,n+1)-aug(i,i+1:n)*x(i+1:n))/aug(i,i);
end
end
end