and "11 = 0 a12 = -AII-1A12 XI "In = -Anl-1Aln Thus, the first row of a can be calculated in terms of A. It will now bw shown that any row of a can be calculated from A and elements of above the row in question, according to formulas 1) to 6). For a Gauss-Seidel partition, A11.x = -AilxI-Ai2x2 -A. -1x -A i,1xi+ 1 -A. x +b XII in n i which becomes, in successive substitution form, x. -Li..-(Ailx1+Ai2x2 +A. + x +U x. .i+ +A. x )+B. X IT in n i Now we must substitute for all x P.i, i-i a.. = -L -[A ij.+ A aik 3 11 Li-j k1 ik