Script for Gauss Seidel method
This matlab script can solve a system of linear equations by Gauss Seidel method, an iterative method. Co-efficeint matrix, contant vector, initial guesses and tolerence are be prompted for user input.
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% Title: Gauss Seidel method %
% Author: Dhiman Roy, Dept. of ME (BUET) %
% Date: August 23, 2021 %
% Licensed under Creative Commons %
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clear;
clc;
global showSteps;
showSteps = 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');
solByGaussSiedel = gaussSeidel(A, b)
function [x] = gaussSeidel(A, b)
global showSteps;
xIni = input("Enter initial guesses (Must be a column vector:\n");
eLimit = input("Enter tolerance:\n");
[m,n] = size(A);
for k = 1: n-1
for p = k+1:n
if abs(A(k,k) < A(p,k))
b([k p]) = b([p k]);
A([k p],:) = A([p k],:);
end
end
end
check = ones(n,1);
for i = 1:n
if 2*abs(A(i,i)) < sum(abs(A(i,:)))
check(i) = 0;
end
end
if all(check) ~= 1
error("Partial Pivoting does not make the coefficient matrix a diagonally dominant matrix.")
else
disp("Partial Pivoting makes the coefficient matrix a diagonally dominant matrix.")
end
x = xIni;
xOld = x;
for k = 1:100
err = 0;
for i = 1:n
x(i) = (b(i)-A(i,[1:i-1,i+1:n])*x([1:i-1,i+1:n]))/A(i,i);
err = err + abs((x(i)-xOld(i))/x(i));
xOld(i) = x(i);
end
if showSteps == 1
fprintf("Iteration %d\n",k);
disp(x);
disp(err);
end
if err < eLimit
break
end
end
end