Source code for astrophot.utils.initialize.PA
from scipy.linalg import sqrtm
import numpy as np
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def polar_decomposition(A):
# Step 1: Compute symmetric positive-definite matrix P
M = A.T @ A
P = sqrtm(M) # Principal square root of A^T A
# Step 2: Compute rotation matrix R
P_inv = np.linalg.inv(P)
R = A @ P_inv
return R, P