How do i calculate the inverse of a non-square matrix?

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I have a 4x3 matrix(S) and i want to calculate the inverse of it, the matrix is:
S=
1.7530 0 0 0
0 0.1009 0 0
0 0 0.0149 0
but since it is not a square matrix when i use S^-1 it says i have to use elemental wise power. The problem is when i use elemental-wise power the zeros go to 'Inf' so what do i do?

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James Tursa
James Tursa on 24 Apr 2018
Typically one would use backslash \ or perhaps pinv( ) for this. What are you using this for? I.e., what is the problem you are solving and what are you doing with the result downstream in your code?
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Mohammed Altaher
Mohammed Altaher on 19 Feb 2019
Is pinv() used here to find the inverse of non square matrix such as 6X5 Jacobian matrix?
Nirajan Khatri
Nirajan Khatri on 24 Nov 2020
@James Tursa sir why we use pinv(), i have 1*2000 matrix and i also want to find its inverse

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Sourabh Guduru
Sourabh Guduru on 8 Sep 2020
pinv(a)

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