Finding The Solution Set of An Indeterminate Linear System
Let the system of equations be written in matrix form as
where A is the coefficient matrix, x is the vector of unknowns, and b is a vector of constants. Then if the system is indeterminate, the infinite solution set is the set of all x vectors generated by
where is the Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse of A and w is any appropriately dimensioned vector.
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