R: Methods for Function sqrt in Package 'distr'

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## Methods for Function sqrt in Package ‘distr’

### Description

sqrt-methods using generalized inverses for p.s.d. matrices

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'PosSemDefSymmMatrix'
    sqrt(x)

### Arguments

`x` | a p.s.d. matrix (of class `PosSemDefSymmMatrix`

### Methods

sqrt

  `signature(x = "PosSemDefSymmMatrix")`: produces a symmetric, p.s.d. matrix y such that x = y^2.

### Author(s)

Peter Ruckdeschel peter.ruckdeschel@uni-oldenburg.de

### See Also

`solve`

[Package distr version 2.8.0 Index]