st: Re: Mata problem with nonreals [was: Re: Mata finds nonreal although I can't find a no nonreal]

[Dirk Enzmann <dirk.enzmann@uni-hamburg.de>]

Thanks Matt & Matt!

Thanks to Matthew Baker
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/STATALIST/archives/statalist.1112/date/article-860.html

and to Matthew White
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/STATALIST/archives/statalist.1112/date/article-862.html

the problem is solved. Using -eigensystem()- was the culprit and 
-symeigensystem()- the solution. And thanks for pointing to the duo 
-isrealvalues()- and -Re()-, this might be useful in other contexts.

Dirk

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