From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Wed Oct 22 02:25:05 1997
Subject: How do I solve some over-determined Linear Equations?
From: john <john at arrows dot demon dot co dot uk>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 08:24:04 +0100 (BST)

I have some linear equations:

    ( (v1.*x) + (v2.*y) ) * A = (v3.*z) * B
    ( (w1.*x) + (w2.*y) ) * A = (w3.*z) * B

where
  v1, v2, v3, w1, w2 and w3 are known row vectors (with complex numbers)
  A and B are matrices, usually with more columns than rows. (real)
  x, y, z are row vectors; x known, y and z unknown.

I seek to solve for y and z.

What is the appropriate way to use Octave to solve these?

In truth each side represents a continuous function on [0,2pi] with
respect to different sets of orthogonal basis functions. The matrices A
and B are the Fourier Coefficients of these orthogonal functions, and I
can calculate as many or few as I feel inclined.  

	Thanks for any advice,
	John

john at arrows dot demon dot co dot uk