norm can be the usual L2-norm
(root-of-sum-of-squares) or one of a number of other matrix norms.

References
----------
.. [1] G. Strang, *Linear Algebra and Its Applications*, Orlando, FL,
       Academic Press, Inc., 1980, pg. 285.

Examples
--------
>>> import numpy as np
>>> from numpy import linalg as LA
>>> a = np.array([[1, 0, -1], [0, 1, 0], [1, 0, 1]])
>>> a
array([[ 1,  0, -1],
       [ 0,  1,  0],
       [ 1,  0,  1]])
>>> LA.cond(a)
1.4142135623730951
>>> LA.cond(a, 'fro')
3.1622776601683795
>>> LA.cond(a, np.inf)
2.0
>>> LA.cond(a, -np.inf)
1.0
>>> LA.cond(a, 1)
2.0
>>> LA.cond(a, -1)
1.0
>>> LA.cond(a, 2)
1.4142135623730951
>>> LA.cond(a, -2)
0.70710678118654746 # may vary
>>> (min(LA.svd(a, compute_uv=False)) *
... min(LA.svd(LA.inv(a), compute_uv=False)))
0.70710678118654746 # may vary

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