# Solving a linear system

When I tried to solve the equation below, I got the $4$ errors. Since I am pretty new on Mathematica, I don't know what I did wrong.

$24x_1+20x_2+16x_3=4$
$20x_1+20x_2+19x_3=36$
$16x_1+19x_2+38x_3=19$

This system is set to solve in Jacobi method after $40$ iterations. Initial approximation is $x_1(0)=0, x_2(0)=0, x_3(0)=0$. I would appreciate it if someone could recommend other methods that I can use for this system!

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Please post your (eventually non working) code – belisarius has settled Jan 24 '14 at 14:51
Rewrite it in matrix form and use LinearSolve. – bill s Jan 24 '14 at 15:20
Not going to work with Jacobi iterations. The inverse diagonal matrix times coeff matrix - diagonal matrix has two singular values larger than 1. So you don't get convergence. – Daniel Lichtblau Jan 24 '14 at 16:42

Your system is easily solved with Solve. Note the double equal (==), a single equal (=) wont work because it denotes assignment in Mathematica.

Solve[{
24 x1 + 20 x2 + 16 x3 == 40,
20 x1 + 20 x2 + 19 x3 == 36,
16 x1 + 19 x2 + 38 x3 == 19},
{x1, x2, x3}]

{{x1 -> 57/118, x2 -> 349/177, x3 -> -(122/177)}}

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The first equation in Solve does not exactly match the OP's equation (40-->4), so the posted result is not correct. – Cassini Jan 24 '14 at 22:22

And if you like to use LinearSolve

eqs={24 x1 +20 x2 + 16 x3 == 4,20 x1 + 20 x2 + 19 x3 == 36,16 x1 + 19 x2 + 38 x3 == 19};
vars = {x1, x2, x3};
mat = CoefficientArrays[eqs, vars];
sol = LinearSolve[mat[[2]], -mat[[1]]]

(* {-(570/59), 2401/177, -(392/177)} *)

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