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Reduced Row Echelon Form Calculator

Reduced Row Echelon Form with stated conventions, validation and a worked example.

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Formula

Use partial-pivot Gauss–Jordan row operations to obtain reduced row echelon form.
  • Use the units shown beside each field.
  • Results update automatically whenever you change an input.
  • Displayed values use up to four decimal places, or scientific notation for very small or large numbers. Calculations use standard floating-point arithmetic; exact integer and fraction tools identify their own precision rules.
  • Real matrices only, at most 6 rows and 6 columns; each entry has magnitude at most 10⁹. Numerical rank uses a relative pivot threshold of 10⁻¹² after scaling by the largest entry. Near-singular matrices may be rejected or treated as lower rank. Displayed entries use 12 significant digits. For an augmented system this reports the rank of the entire augmented matrix; it does not label consistency separately.

Example Calculation

Example inputs
  • Matrix: 1, 2, 3; 2, 4, 7

[[1,2,3],[2,4,7]] reduces to [[1,2,0],[0,0,1]].

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Frequently asked questions

How do I use this calculator?

Enter matrix. The result updates automatically. Use Reset to restore the example values.

What method does it use?

Use partial-pivot Gauss–Jordan row operations to obtain reduced row echelon form.. Real matrices only, at most 6 rows and 6 columns; each entry has magnitude at most 10⁹. Numerical rank uses a relative pivot threshold of 10⁻¹² after scaling by the largest entry. Near-singular matrices may be rejected or treated as lower rank. Displayed entries use 12 significant digits. For an augmented system this reports the rank of the entire augmented matrix; it does not label consistency separately.

Why might a rounded result differ?

The calculation keeps full numeric precision internally, then rounds the displayed result. Rounding intermediate steps by hand can produce a slightly different answer.

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