<varlistentry>
<term>A</term>
<listitem>
- <para>a numerical matrix (scalar, polynomial, sparse...)</para>
+ <para>a numerical matrix (scalar, polynomial, sparse, ...).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>epsa,epsr</term>
+ <term>epsa, epsr</term>
<listitem>
- <para>real numbers. Cleaning tolerances (default values resp. 1.d-10 and 1.d-10)</para>
+ <para>real numbers. Cleaning tolerances (default values resp. <literal>1.d-10</literal> and <literal>1.d-10</literal>).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
This function eliminates (i.e. set to zero) all the coefficients
- with absolute value < <literal>epsa</literal> or relative value < <literal>epsr</literal>
- (relative means relative w.r.t. 1-norm of coefficients)
+ with absolute value < <varname>epsa</varname> or relative value < <varname>epsr</varname>
+ (relative means relative w.r.t. <literal>1-norm</literal> of coefficients)
in a polynomial (possibly matrix polynomial or rational
matrix).
</para>
<para>
- Default values are <literal>epsa=1.d-10</literal> and <literal>epsr=1.d-10;</literal>
+ Default values are <varname>epsa</varname><literal>=1.d-10</literal> and <varname>epsr</varname><literal>=1.d-10;</literal>
</para>
<para>
- For a constant (non polynomial) matrix <literal>clean(A,epsa)</literal> sets to zero all
- entries of <literal>A</literal> smaller than <literal>epsa</literal>.
+ For a constant (non-polynomial) matrix <code>clean(A,epsa)</code> sets to zero all
+ entries of <literal>A</literal> smaller than <varname>epsa</varname>.
</para>
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