
logDet.pdMat Extract Log-Determinant from a pdMat Object Description This method function extracts the logarithm of the determinant of a square-root factor of the positive-definite matrix represented by object.  Usage 
## S3 method for class 'pdMat'
logDet(object, ...)
 Arguments  
object  an object inheriting from class "pdMat", representing a positive definite matrix. 
 
...  some methods for this generic require additional arguments. None are used in this method. 
  Value the log-determinant of a square-root factor of the positive-definite matrix represented by object.  Author(s) José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates carpenterjames@example.org See Also pdMat, logDet  Examples 
pd1 <- pdSymm(diag(1:3))
logDet(pd1)


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