SingularValues[m]
gives the singular value decomposition for a numerical matrix  . The result is a list
. The result is a list  , where
, where  is the list of singular values, and
 is the list of singular values, and  can be written as ConjugateTranspose[u]. DiagonalMatrix[w].v.
 can be written as ConjugateTranspose[u]. DiagonalMatrix[w].v.
 
     
   SingularValues
SingularValues[m]
gives the singular value decomposition for a numerical matrix  . The result is a list
. The result is a list  , where
, where  is the list of singular values, and
 is the list of singular values, and  can be written as ConjugateTranspose[u]. DiagonalMatrix[w].v.
 can be written as ConjugateTranspose[u]. DiagonalMatrix[w].v.
Details and Options
 
   - SingularValues[m,Tolerance->t] specifies that singular values smaller than t times the maximum singular value are to be removed.
- The default setting Tolerance->Automatic typically takes  to be to be where where is the numerical precision of the input. is the numerical precision of the input.
- With Tolerance->0 singular values which are exactly zero can be returned.
 and and are row orthonormal matrices, which can be considered as lists of orthonormal vectors. are row orthonormal matrices, which can be considered as lists of orthonormal vectors.
- The ratio of the largest to smallest singular value gives the  condition number of condition number of . .
History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), SingularValues, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingularValues.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "SingularValues." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingularValues.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). SingularValues. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingularValues.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_singularvalues, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SingularValues}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingularValues.html}", note=[Accessed: 31-October-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_singularvalues, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SingularValues}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SingularValues.html}, note=[Accessed: 31-October-2025]}