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: <math> 0 = \mathbf{x}_{k}^{T} \, \mathbf{H}_{m} \, \mathbf{A} \, \mathbf{y}_{k} </math> &nbsp; for &nbsp; <math> \, m = 1, \ldots, M </math> &nbsp; and for <math> \, k = 1, \ldots, N </math>
 
where <math> \mathbf{H}_{km} </math> is a ''M''-dimensional basis of the space of <math> p \times p </math> anti-symmetric matrices.
 
=== Example ''p''=3 ===
 
In the case that ''p''=3 the follwing three matrices <math> \mathbf{H}_{km} </math> can be chosen
 
: <math> \mathbf{H}_{1} = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix} </math>, &nbsp; <math> \mathbf{H}_{2} = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \\ -1 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} </math>, &nbsp; <math> \mathbf{H}_{3} = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & -1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} </math>
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where <math> [\mathbf{x}_{k}]_{\times} </math> is the [[Cross product#Conversion to matrix multiplication|matrix representation of the vector cross product]]. Notice that this last equation is a vector valued equation; the left hand side is the zero element in <math> \mathbb{R}^{3} </math>.
 
Each value of ''k'' provides three homogeneous linear equations in the unknown elements of <math> \mathbf{A} </math>. However, since <math> [\mathbf{x}_{k}]_{\times} </math> has rank = 2, at most two equations are linearly independent. In practice, therefore, it is common to only use two of the three matrices <math> \mathbf{H}_{km} </math>, for example, for ''km''=1, 2. However, the linear dependency between the equations is dependent on <math> \mathbf{x}_{k} </math>, which means that in unlucky cases it would have been better to choose, for example, ''km''=2,3. As a consequence, if the number of equations is not a concern, it may be better to use all three equations when the matrix <math> \mathbf{B} </math> is constructed.
 
The linear dependence between the resulting homogeneous linear equations is a general concern for the case ''p > 2'' and has to be dealt with either by reducing the set of anti-symmeric matrices <math> \mathbf{H}_{k} </math> or by allowing <math> \mathbf{B} </math> to become larger than necessary for determining <math> \mathbf{a} </math>.