vector ``x``, the null space operator is equivalent to apply a projection matrix ``P = I - A.T inv(A A.T) A`` to the vector. It can be shown that this is equivalent to project ``x`` into the null space of A. LS : LinearOperator, shape (m, n) Least-squares operator. For a given vector ``x``, the least-squares operator is equivalent to apply a pseudoinverse matrix ``pinv(A.T) = inv(A A.T) A`` to the vector. It can be shown that this vector ``pinv(A.T) x`` is the least_square solution to ``A.T y = x``. Y : LinearOperator, shape (n, m) Row-space operator. For a given vector ``x``, the row-space operator is equivalent to apply a projection matrix ``Q = A.T inv(A A.T)`` to the vector. It can be shown that this vector ``y = Q x`` the minimum norm solution of ``A y = x``. Notes ----- Uses iterative refinements described in [1] during the computation of ``Z`` in order to cope with the possibility of large roundoff errors. References ---------- .. [1] Gould, Nicholas IM, Mary E. Hribar, and Jorge Nocedal. "On the solution of equality constrained quadratic programming problems arising in optimization." SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 23.4 (2001): 1376-1395. r