Dear list. I have this equation:
a = M * b, where a and b are column vectors and M is a 4x4 matrix. a and b consist of quite simple expressions, M is unknown: >>> import sympy as sp >>> a0, a1, a2, a3 = sp.symbols('a:4') >>> a = sp.Matrix([a3, a2, a1, a0]) >>> b = sp.Matrix([a0, a3 + a2 + a1 + a0, a1, 3 * a3 + 2 * a2 + a1]) >>> M = sp.MatrixSymbol('M', 4, 4) >>> sp.Eq(a, M * b) Eq(Matrix([[a3], [a2], [a1], [a0]]), M*Matrix([ [ a0], [a0 + a1 + a2 + a3], [ a1], [ a1 + 2*a2 + 3*a3]])) What's the most straightforward way to solve this for M? I have actually found a way, but it seems a bit non-obvious to me: >>> def get_value(i, j): ... return b[i].as_coefficients_dict()[a[j]] ... >>> M_inv = sp.Matrix(4, 4, get_value) >>> M_inv.inv() Matrix([ [ 2, -2, 1, 1], [-3, 3, -2, -1], [ 0, 0, 1, 0], [ 1, 0, 0, 0]]) This is the solution I'm looking for, but I was hoping there is a better way to get it. Also, the way I did it I had to know that I could look for the inverse and then undo the inverse afterwards, but I would prefer if there is a solution without this manual step. Thanks in advance! cheers, Matthias -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAFesC-fSDVdukpY4kstPdsJ8gnOg-2MP_Zx4KsCGoOoi7%3DtBOg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.