Matrix Division on the 28C/S (and later)

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(02-27-2020 06:35 PM)John Keith Wrote:  I'm surprised that the RPL machines do not do the iterative refinement that the HP-71 Math ROM does. I recall reading that most of the math routines in the RPL calculators were carried over from the HP-71.

I'd guess it's because on the RPL machines, matrices are their own new data type so the old algorithm/code probably would not apply, without as much re-work as doing it from scratch in the new format. But only guessing...