Decell's finite algorithm for generalized inverses and tests to determine the rank of a matrix (Q797955)

This work is a continuation of a paper by the authors and \textit{N. Rasakhoo} [Appl. Math. Comput. 12, 199-211 (1983; reviewed above)] in which a further development of \textit{H. P. Decell}'s algorithm [SIAM Rev. 7, 526-528 (1965; Zbl 0178.355)] for obtaining the pseudoinverse of a rectangular matrix is proposed. Here a detailed characterization of a finite sequence of matrices and scalars to be computed is presented and these theoretical results are applied to derive analytical and computational properties of the pseudoinverse. Three different tests for determining the rank of a rectangular matrix are suggested and some numerical examples illustrating these tests are given.