Gauss Jordan Elimination

>>8592808
>is it possible to just straight up take an element and subtract a value

I don't know. Try to prove that "substracting a value" preserves the row space of a matrix and then call me when you find that it is contradictory or you found a dead end.

>>8592822
what? I mean as in can I take the first element of row 2 and subtract 0.00038 from it to give me 0 or is that not how it works?

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>>8592895
>I mean as in can I take the first element of row 2 and subtract 0.00038 from it to give me 0 or is that not how it works?

I can tell you that that is definitely not how it works. That would change the row space.

>>8592916
So in this example how exactly am I supposed to get the matrix to having values that are 0 outside of the diagonal?

I know about having
1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1

But when it comes to decimals like these it's not that easy because they're so minor? Is there something I'm doing wrong?

>>8592965
if you wanna subtract, you have to subtract a whole row from a whole separate row, each entry individually. This is very basic matrix rules.

>>8592808
MINOR
COFACTOR
TRANSPOSE

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