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# scipy.linalg.qr_multiply

`scipy.linalg.``qr_multiply`(a, c, mode='right', pivoting=False, conjugate=False, overwrite_a=False, overwrite_c=False)

  Calculate the QR decomposition and multiply Q with a matrix.

  Calculate the decomposition `A = Q R` where Q is unitary/orthogonal and R upper triangular. Multiply Q with a vector or a matrix c.

  New in version 0.11.0.

  Parameters : | a : ndarray, shape (M, N) Matrix to be decomposed c : ndarray, one- or two-dimensional calculate the product of c and q, depending on the mode: mode : {‘left’, ‘right’}, optional `dot(Q, c)` is returned if mode is ‘left’, `dot(c, Q)` is returned if mode is ‘right’. The shape of c must be appropriate for the matrix multiplications, if mode is ‘left’, `min(a.shape) == c.shape[0]`, if mode is ‘right’, `a.shape[0] == c.shape[1]`. pivoting : bool, optional Whether or not factorization should include pivoting for rank-revealing qr decomposition, see the documentation of qr. conjugate : bool, optional Whether Q should be complex-conjugated. This might be faster than explicit conjugation. overwrite_a : bool, optional Whether data in a is overwritten (may improve performance) overwrite_c : bool, optional Whether data in c is overwritten (may improve performance). If this is used, c must be big enough to keep the result, i.e. c.shape[0] = a.shape[0] if mode is ‘left’.
  Returns : | CQ : float or complex ndarray the product of Q and c, as defined in mode R : float or complex ndarray Of shape (K, N), `K = min(M, N)`. P : ndarray of ints Of shape (N,) for `pivoting=True`. Not returned if `pivoting=False`.
  Raises : | LinAlgError : Raised if decomposition fails

  Notes

  This is an interface to the LAPACK routines dgeqrf, zgeqrf, dormqr, zunmqr, dgeqp3, and zgeqp3.

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