orm for matrices             norm for vectors
=====  ============================  ==========================
None   Frobenius norm                2-norm
'fro'  Frobenius norm                --
'nuc'  nuclear norm                  --
inf    max(sum(abs(x), axis=1))      max(abs(x))
-inf   min(sum(abs(x), axis=1))      min(abs(x))
0      --                            sum(x != 0)
1      max(sum(abs(x), axis=0))      as below
-1     min(sum(abs(x), axis=0))      as below
2      2-norm (largest sing. value)  as below
-2     smallest singular value       as below
other  --                            sum(abs(x)**ord)**(1./ord)
=====  ============================  ==========================

The Frobenius norm is given by [1]_:

:math:`||A||_F = [\sum_{i,j} abs(a_{i,j})^2]^{1/2}`

The nuclear norm is the sum of the singular values.

Both the Frobenius and nuclear norm orders are only defined for
matrices and raise a ValueError when ``x.ndim != 2``.

References
----------
.. [1] G. H. Golub and C. F. Van Loan, *Matrix Computations*,
       Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985, pg. 15

Examples
--------

>>> import numpy as np
>>> from numpy import linalg as LA
>>> a = np.arange(9) - 4
>>> a
array([-4, -3, -2, ...,  2,  3,  4])
>>> b = a.reshape((3, 3))
>>> b
array([[-4, -3, -2],
       [-1,  0,  1],
       [ 2,  3,  4]])

>>> LA.norm(a)
7.745966692414834
>>> LA.norm(b)
7.745966692414834
>>> LA.norm(b, 'fro')
7.745966692414834
>>> LA.norm(a, np.inf)
4.0
>>> LA.norm(b, np.inf)
9.0
>>> LA.norm(a, -np.inf)
0.0
>>> LA.norm(b, -np.inf)
2.0

>>> LA.norm(a, 1)
20.0
>>> LA.norm(b, 1)
7.0
>>> LA.norm(a, -1)
-4.6566128774142013e-010
>>> LA.norm(b, -1)
6.0
>>> LA.norm(a, 2)
7.745966692414834
>>> LA.norm(b, 2)
7.3484692283495345

>>> LA.norm(a, -2)
0.0
>>> LA.norm(b, -2)
1.8570331885190563e-016 # may vary
>>> LA.norm(a, 3)
5.8480354764257312 # may vary
>>> LA.norm(a, -3)
0.0

Using the `axis` argument to compute vector norms:

>>> c = np.array([[ 1, 2, 3],
...               [-1, 1, 4]])
>>> LA.norm(c, axis=0)
array([ 1.41421356,  2.23606798,  5.        ])
>>> LA.norm(c, axis=1)
array([ 3.74165739,  4.24264069])
>>> LA.norm(c, ord=1, axis=1)
array([ 6.,  6.])

Using the `axis` argument to compute matrix norms:

>>> m = np.arange(8).reshape(2,2,2)
>>> LA.norm(m, axis=(1,2))
array([  3.74165739,  11.22497216])
>>> LA.norm(m[0, :, :]), LA.norm(m[1, :, :])
(3.7416573867739413, 11.224972160321824)

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