T # right singular vectors >>> A = u @ diags_array(s) @ vT With only three singular values/vectors, the SVD approximates the original matrix. >>> u2, s2, vT2 = svds(A, k=3, solver='lobpcg') >>> A2 = u2 @ np.diag(s2) @ vT2 >>> np.allclose(A2, A.toarray(), atol=1e-3) True With all five singular values/vectors, we can reproduce the original matrix. >>> u3, s3, vT3 = svds(A, k=5, solver='lobpcg') >>> A3 = u3 @ np.diag(s3) @ vT3 >>> np.allclose(A3, A.toarray()) True The singular values match the expected singular values, and the singular vectors are as expected up to a difference in sign. >>> (np.allclose(s3, s) and ... np.allclose(np.abs(u3), np.abs(u.todense())) and ... np.allclose(np.abs(vT3), np.abs(vT.todense()))) True The singular vectors are also orthogonal. >>> (np.allclose(u3.T @ u3, np.eye(5)) and ... np.allclose(vT3 @ vT3.T, np.eye(5))) True Nr