| Article ID: | iaor19931958 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 43 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Start Page Number: | 821 |
| End Page Number: | 827 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1992 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Kershaw D. |
| Keywords: | linear algebra |
The standard method of Gaussian elimination for the solution of linear algebraic equations is shown, with the aid of the concept of the factor or quotient space, to have a geometrical interpretation. This suggests alternative methods for the solution of equations of this type, and two new methods are described.