<>= ## DATA GENERATION ## number of rows/columns n <- sample(3:4, 1) ## elements on lower triangle (and diagonal) m <- n * (n + 1)/2 L <- matrix(data = 0, nrow = n, ncol = n) diag(L) <- sample(1:5, n, replace = TRUE) L[lower.tri(L)] <- sample(-5:5, m-n, replace = TRUE) ## matrix A for which the Cholesky decomposition should be computed A <- L %*% t(L) ## rnadomly generate questions/solutions/explanations mc <- matrix_to_mchoice( L, ## correct matrix y = sample(-10:10, 5, replace = TRUE), ## random values for comparison lower = TRUE, ## only lower triangle/diagonal name = "\\ell", ## name for matrix elements restricted = TRUE) ## assure at least one correct and one wrong solution @ \begin{question} For the matrix \begin{eqnarray*} A &= \Sexpr{toLatex(A)}. \end{eqnarray*} compute the matrix $L = (\ell_{ij})_{1 \leq i,j \leq \Sexpr{n}}$ from the Cholesky decomposition $ A = L L^\top$. Which of the following statements are true? <>= answerlist(mc$questions) @ \end{question} \begin{solution} The decomposition yields \begin{eqnarray*} L &= \Sexpr{toLatex(L)} \end{eqnarray*} and hence: <>= answerlist( ifelse(mc$solutions, "True", "False"), mc$explanations) @ \end{solution} %% META-INFORMATION %% \extype{mchoice} %% \exsolution{\Sexpr{mchoice2string(mc$solutions)}} %% \exname{Cholesky decomposition}