Scilab Function

aff2ab - linear (affine) function to A,b conversion

### Calling Sequence

  `[A,b]=aff2ab(afunction,dimX,D [,flag])`

### Parameters

- `afunction` : a scilab function `Y =fct(X,D)` where `X, D, Y` are `list` of matrices
- `dimX` : a p x 2 integer matrix (`p` is the number of matrices in `X` )
- `D` : a `list` of real matrices (or any other valid Scilab object).
- `flag` : optional parameter (`flag='f'` or `flag='sp'` )
- `A` : a real matrix
- `b` : a real vector having same row dimension as `A`

### Description

`aff2ab` returns the matrix representation of an affine function (in the canonical basis).

`afunction` is a function with imposed syntax: `Y=afunction(X,D)` where `X=list(X1,X2,...,Xp)` is a list of p real matrices, and `Y=list(Y1,...,Yq)` is a list of q real real matrices which depend linearly of the `Xi` 's. The (optional) input `D` contains parameters needed to compute Y as a function of X. (It is generally a list of matrices).

`dimX` is a p x 2 matrix: `dimX(i)=[nri,nci]` is the actual number of rows and columns of matrix `Xi` . These dimensions determine `na` , the column dimension of the resulting matrix `A` : `na=nr1*nc1 +...+ nrp*ncp` .

If the optional parameter `flag='sp'` the resulting `A` matrix is returned as a sparse matrix.

This function is useful to solve a system of linear equations where the unknown variables are matrices.

### Examples

    // Lyapunov equation solver (one unknown variable, one constraint)
    deff('Y=lyapunov(X,D)','[A,Q]=D(:);Xm=X(:); Y=list(A''*Xm+Xm*A-Q)')
    A=rand(3,3);Q=rand(3,3);Q=Q+Q';D=list(A,Q);dimX=[3,3];
    [Aly,bly]=aff2ab(lyapunov,dimX,D);
    [Xl,kerA]=linsolve(Aly,bly); Xv=vec2list(Xl,dimX); lyapunov(Xv,D)
    Xm=Xv(:); A'*Xm+Xm*A-Q

    // Lyapunov equation solver with redundant constraint X=X'
    // (one variable, two constraints) D is global variable
    deff('Y=ly2(X,D)','[A,Q]=D(:);Xm=X(:); Y=list(A''*Xm+Xm*A-Q,Xm''-Xm)')
    A=rand(3,3);Q=rand(3,3);Q=Q+Q';D=list(A,Q);dimX=[3,3];
    [Aly,bly]=aff2ab(ly2,dimX,D);
    [Xl,kerA]=linsolve(Aly,bly); Xv=vec2list(Xl,dimX); ly2(Xv,D)

    // Francis equations
    // Find matrices X1 and X2 such that:
    // A1*X1 - X1*A2 + B*X2 -A3 = 0
    // D1*X1 -D2 = 0
    deff('Y=bruce(X,D)','[A1,A2,A3,B,D1,D2]=D(:),...
    [X1,X2]=X(:);Y=list(A1*X1-X1*A2+B*X2-A3,D1*X1-D2)')
    A1=[-4,10;-1,2];A3=[1;2];B=[0;1];A2=1;D1=[0,1];D2=1;
    D=list(A1,A2,A3,B,D1,D2);
    [n1,m1]=size(A1);[n2,m2]=size(A2);[n3,m3]=size(B);
    dimX=[[m1,n2];[m3,m2]];
    [Af,bf]=aff2ab(bruce,dimX,D);
    [Xf,KerAf]=linsolve(Af,bf);Xsol=vec2list(Xf,dimX)
    bruce(Xsol,D)

    // Find all X which commute with A
    deff('y=f(X,D)','y=list(D(:)*X(:)-X(:)*D(:))')
    A=rand(3,3);dimX=[3,3];[Af,bf]=aff2ab(f,dimX,list(A));
    [Xf,KerAf]=linsolve(Af,bf);[p,q]=size(KerAf);
    Xsol=vec2list(Xf+KerAf*rand(q,1),dimX);
    C=Xsol(:); A*C-C*A

### See Also

`linsolve` ,