>> doit Starting... Solve the system using multivariate Newtons method... U[0] = x U[1] = y U[2] = z U[3] = d ans = -19.0538453256602 11.3182159043034 6370.25197283455 -0.000425998681307362 Test the conditioning of the GPS problem... R[] = satelite ranges T[] = travel times phi = 0.69915584090742 0.731982200210962 1.32924149477362 0.31831772503192 theta = 5.85476366840607 2.63045218448402 3.29963044881334 4.22316426632253 R = 21376.3140754387 15430.6026955574 10702.0691403308 30882.6203802394 T = 0.0714037086324523 0.0515709502650577 0.0357982600954252 0.103113333244826 Find the condition number... condition_number = 4.19374052244009 Find the condition number (tightly grouped satelites)... phi = 1.31651337490734 1.34498832481472 1.36863177147797 1.34941706433005 theta = 0.123398704955571 0.104467627536503 0.123840551740472 0.112229143822628 R = 6395.53657268653 6215.51527676166 5609.36662111004 6045.36249017118 T = 0.0214332137017487 0.020832727294833 0.0188108330160529 0.020265158691788 condition_number = 2735.58348495999 Add more satelites... phi = Columns 1 through 4 0.478491840956378 0.303840949969001 0.475581208624155 0.236990716748664 Columns 5 through 8 0.594346919363667 1.34091834359469 0.779982764054642 1.29061206767065 theta = Columns 1 through 4 1.19162964003996 4.28653493468607 3.40343720009581 4.38502548712483 Columns 5 through 8 5.4036122798288 3.72946577095605 5.65341646127879 4.0520914504143 R = Columns 1 through 4 21798.5246312091 31382.5271965149 21378.479770392 32181.6411911449 Columns 5 through 8 27589.2853704439 18165.5561655263 23235.9882519246 23012.4090037047 T = Columns 1 through 4 0.0728120514526388 0.104780842893369 0.0714109326132282 0.107446400259158 Columns 5 through 8 0.0921279501175573 0.0606937730612498 0.0776069139728812 0.0768611338765058 condition_number = 4.30562912650122 >>