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<h3 class="section">10.2 How does Octave solve linear systems?</h3>
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In addition to consulting Octave's source for the precise details, the
Octave manual contains a complete high-level description of the
algorithm that Octave uses to decide how to solve a particular linear
system, e.g. how the backslash operator <code>A\x</code> will be interpreted.
Sections “Techniques Used for Linear Algebra” and “Linear Algebra on
Sparse Matrices” from the manual describe this procedure.
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