MATLAB: What is the difference between Gram-Smith QR decomposition procedure and qr.m function in Matlab

linear algebraMATLABqr decompositionqr factorization

Hi everyone!
I want to know what is the differnce between the Gram-Smith procedure and qr.m function in matlab. Why there is a fourth coulmn resulting from using qr.m function? The photo is attached for the Gram-Smith procedure .Any help will be so appreciated.
The code is
A=[1 -2 -1; 2 0 1; 2 -4 2;4 0 0];
[Q,R] = qr(A)
The result is
Q =
-0.2000 0.4000 0.8000 -0.4000
-0.4000 -0.2000 -0.4000 -0.8000
-0.4000 0.8000 -0.4000 0.2000
-0.8000 -0.4000 0.2000 0.4000
R =
-5.0000 2.0000 -1.0000
0 -4.0000 1.0000
0 0 -2.0000
0 0 0

Best Answer

MATLAB's QR decomposition is computed using Householder transformations, which is generally more numerically advantageous.