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RootMeanSquare
RootMeanSquare
[
list
]
gives the root mean square of values in
list
.
MORE INFORMATION
For the list
, the root mean square is given by
.
RootMeanSquare
handles both numerical and symbolic data.
RootMeanSquare
gives
.
RootMeanSquare
works with
SparseArray
objects.
EXAMPLES
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Basic Examples
(2)
RootMeanSquare
of a list:
RootMeanSquare
of columns of a matrix:
RootMeanSquare
of a list:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
RootMeanSquare
of columns of a matrix:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
Scope
(3)
Compute results at machine precision:
Obtain results at any precision:
Compute results for a large vector or matrix:
Generalizations & Extensions
(1)
Compute results for a
SparseArray
:
Applications
(1)
Root mean square error for a linear fit:
Properties & Relations
(5)
RootMeanSquare
is the square root of the
Mean
of the data squared:
RootMeanSquare
is equivalent to a scaled
Norm
:
RootMeanSquare
of deviations is equivalent to a scaled
StandardDeviation
:
RootMeanSquare
of deviations is the square root of a
CentralMoment
:
RootMeanSquare
as a scaled
EuclideanDistance
from the
Mean
:
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Norm
Variance
StandardDeviation
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