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Enhanced documentation description of SmithDecomposition may be required

Posted 1 year ago

I noticed the following description here:

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The result is given in the form {u,r,v}, where u and v are unimodular matrices, r is a diagonal matrix with each diagonal entry dividing the next one, and u.m.v==r.

The unimodular matrices u and v are integer matrices with Abs[Det[u]]==1, and their inverses are also integer matrices.

As you can see, there are two unimodular integer matrices, namely, u and v. Therefore, I think the above description should be strengthened as follows:

The unimodular matrices u and v are integer matrices with Abs[Det[u]]==1 and Abs[Det[v]]==1, and their inverses are also integer matrices.

Regards,
Zhao

POSTED BY: Hongyi Zhao

Good point. I'll ask about getting this changed.

POSTED BY: Daniel Lichtblau
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