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<B>PIVOT</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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<em>pivot</em>(&lt;matrix&gt;,&lt;r&gt;,&lt;c&gt;) 
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&lt;matrix&gt; :- a matrix. 
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&lt;r&gt;,&lt;c&gt; :- positive integers such that &lt;matrix&gt;(&lt;r&gt;, 
 &lt;c&gt;) neq 0. 
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<em>pivot</em>pivots &lt;matrix&gt; about it's (&lt;r&gt;,&lt;c&gt;)'th 
entry. 
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To do this, multiples of the &lt;r&gt;'th row are added to every other 
row in the matrix. 
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This means that the &lt;c&gt;'th column will be 0 except for the 
(&lt;r&gt;,&lt;c&gt;)'th entry. 
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pivot(A,2,3); 

  [      - 1    ]
  [-1  ------  0]
  [      2      ]
  [             ]
  [4     5     6]
  [             ]
  [      1      ]
  [1    ---    0]
  [      2      ]

</TT></PRE><P>Related functions: 

<A HREF=r37_0611.html>rows_pivot</A>. 
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