sqrtm

Computes the matrix square root of a square matrix.

Syntax

• res = sqrtm(x)

Input argument

• x - a numeric value: scalar or square matrix (double or single)

Output argument

• res - a numeric value: a square matrix

Description

expm(x) computes the matrix square root of x.

Example

A = eye(3, 3);
res = sqrtm(A)
res = sqrtm(A+i)

History

Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

Allan CORNET