[Scilab-users] slash (/) help page confusing ?

[philippe]

Le 30/08/2018 à 09:42, Stéphane Mottelet a écrit :
> Le 30/08/2018 à 09:32, philippe a écrit :
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>> [...]
>> but in the help page it is written that "X=A/B is the solution of X*B=A"
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> 
> For square A, B, invertible B, "A/B" means "A*inv(B)", hence
> B*(A/B)=B*A*inv(B) cannot be equal to A (matrix product is not commutative)

I know this but for non-square matrices scilab use the opposite
convention, IMHO it's confusing, and the case of a scalar in the help
page doesn't mention this change. the help page should be updated.

Best regards,

Philippe